31 Jul
2007
31 Jul
'07
8:25 a.m.
On Monday 30 July 2007 17:54, Tony Duell wrote:
I might even have one or more of these drives in my box of floppy drives, if
someone needs one...
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
- The floppy
drive is toast. Can I replace it with any regular 3.5" HD
drive, or is it unconventional in some way?
Some PS/2s used a spaecial floppy drive with, IIRC, a 40 pin card edge
connecotr which carried both the logic signals and power. The signals
were fairly conventional, though, and I might be able to dig out a pinout
of the connnector if you need it.