7 Apr
1999
7 Apr
'99
1:52 p.m.
I have two here now that are asterisked, and are 360k. It depends on the drive
installed in the case as the case is esentially a power supply and cable in an
external box with a floppy drive installed. Someone *could* use one on a
non-PS/2 system if they wanted to make the wiring right.
The last five I've old on eBay started at $7.99 if complete and working and were
snagged up at $17 - 20 each by end of auction. There have been 4869's without
drives that have gone for as much as $12 on the auctions.
I even have one with the adapter, card and cable for a PS/2 80, might even fit
the 65 and 60, not sure. The hard things to locate are cdroms and 1.2mb internal
floppies for the 8585/9585 and 8595/9595 servers. I have an IBM 1.2mb with
motorized eject in my 9595-OPT and it's like gold to many people. I just think
it's "kewl".....
Joe wrote:
Mike,
FWIW I see lots of 4869s around here. Most are asking $10 but can't get
that much. I paid $2 for mine. I've been told that the ones with the * on
them are 1.2 Mb and the others are 360K.
Joe
At 10:29 PM 4/6/99 -0700, you wrote:
>In todays wanderings I found two seemingly very nice condition 4869
>external floppy drives, they were not cheap, but then I don't know what
>cheap for them would be. If anybody is interested email me as I will return
>to that haunt on Thursday.
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