2 Jun
2016
2 Jun
'16
6:18 p.m.
Yes, they were common in later PS/2 machines. I don't have a single 2.8Mb
disk but quite a few drives go figure. Don't really see the need for them
now or even back then. Might have helped with OS releases if they could cut
in half the amount of disks you needed, but CDROM killed the need.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ali
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 8:22 PM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: RE: thinking of the "ultimate" retro x86 PCs - what bits to
seek/keep ?
2.88M drives were common with first generation
RS/6000s. I probably
still have craploads of drives and media stashed somewhere from the AOL
days (every dialup site had a little model 220 buried in the rack).
Pretty common on PS/2s as well AFAIK. However, I don't think the IBM drives
could easily be used in non-IBM systems...
-Ali
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