medin@cod.NOSC.MIL (Ted Medin) (03/06/90)
Looking for sources to add the 5" diskette to a ps/2 model 55. What do i need? The 3" drive is nice but i have all these 5" diskettes. :-( 73, ted n6trf
medici@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici) (03/06/90)
In article <1812@cod.NOSC.MIL> medin@cod.nosc.mil.UUCP (Ted Medin) writes: > > Looking for sources to add the 5" diskette to a ps/2 model 55. >What do i need? The 3" drive is nice but i have all these 5" >diskettes. IBM markets the following: External Diskette Drive Adapter/A for Model 50 - 80 IBM feature number 1007, $210.00 required to attach ONE of the following: External Diskette Drive 360kb (PS/2), #4869-001 498.00 -or- External Diskette Drive 1.2mb (Mdl 50-80) #4869-002 495.00 Take heart - there are less expensive alternatives (although none that I've used) in the area of $250 complete. Check the mail-order ads in PC Magazine. The thing to keep in mind is that you will need an adapter board and cable (or, at the very least a cable) to route the disk drive interface from the drive bay to a connector on the back of the machine.