2.88 mb floppy drives - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

6 Dec 2000

In a message dated 12/6/00 2:59:33 PM Central Standard Time, optimus(a)canit.se
writes:
...
  Mike Ford skrev:
 >For no real sane reason I have the itch to put
a 2.88 MB floppy drive in   my
 >next otherwise fairly normal PC. Seems like
the world is littered with   2.88
 >drives for the old PS/2, but I see nothing
that works with a normal PC
>floppy connection (although most if not all motherboards do support 2.88
>and/or LS120). Any tips on finding a PC 2.88? Do they really need the ED
>media? 
 My guess is that being MCA they are PS/2 types,
but maybe not. Thanks for
checking. 
 How about the PS/1? These did have ED drives too, IIRC, but were AFAIK not
 MCA
 BTW isn't it nice that a lot of new games are
for the PS2. ;) 
 No, I hate it. People seem to be talking about MCA machines all day long
 these
 days, only resulting in disappointment when I mention my models 8070 or
 8095.
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minor correction; no PS/1 model ever came with ED drives. All of them except
for the very first models used standard 3.5 drives. Even so, all of the 85xx
series used 1.44 drives although I think a few models could use a 2.88 if so
equipped.