wss@cs.nott.ac.uk (William Shu) (07/06/89)
I have 5.25inch floppies (1.2Meg DS/HD) which I would like to read on an IBM PS/2 Model 30 (hard disk version). I inquired about a disk drive that could read such densities/formats and was met with questions about their reliability. Futhermore, no-one seems to know exactly what is involved in physically connecting the (external) disk-drive to the Machine. Some maintain I need a separate power supply unit but others think a cable from the PS/2 will do; no-one seems to be sure if I need a card or not. With questions on the reliability of such drives, I am now considering buying a copier of 5.25inch diskettes (at 1.2Meg) to 3.5inch (at 720Kb). However, no-one seems to have heard of such a thing! To make matters worse, my 5.25inch diskettes have been shipped to -- well, almost literally to -- Timbouctou :-) and so I do not have immediate access to them. Can anyone help? Have you had similar difficulties? Your experiences/comments will be appreciated. william -- William Shu | JANET : wss@uk.ac.nott.cs | Department of Computer Science, | ARPA : wss%nott.cs@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay | The University, NOTTINGHAM, | UUCP : ..!mcvax!ukc!nott.cs!wss | England, UK, NG7 2RD. | VOICE : +44-602-484848 EXT 3814 (day) |