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On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Patrick Finnegan wrote: Definite MAYBE The AT was available with "1.2M" OR "360K" 5.25, but the 1.2M is by far the more common choice. Telling them apart isn't always easy! When IBM realized that differentiation was an issue, they started putting an asterisk on the front plate of the 360K. Hmmm. Let's see. "Two similar ones, so let's make a change in the appearance of the OLD style one,..." Therefore, if there is an asterisk then it is 360K. If there is NO asterisk, then it is either a 1.2M, or an older 360K, or a different brand of 360K, ... If they had put the identifier on the NEW type, then it would have been possible to have consistency. NEITHER 720K, NOR 1.4M 3.5" drives were out when the AT was introduced. LATER, (with DOS 3.20), 720K was introduced, and became available as an option for the AT. LATER, (with DOS 3.30), 1.4M was introduced, and became available as an option for the AT. But the PS/2 was ALSO introduced then, so instead of adding a 1.4M to an AT, many "power users" switched to PS/2 instead. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com