thinking of the "ultimate" retro x86 PCs - what bits to seek/keep ?

[TeoZ]

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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