johnl@ima.ISC.COM (John R. Levine) (12/04/87)
I have a PS/2 model 50, which as you may know comes with a 3.5" microfloppy
drive. (Don't flame me, they flew me to Miami Beach, hypnotized me with hype,
and bombarded me with satanic music at a private Beach Boys concert. I
couldn't help it.) I'd like to attach a 5.25" disk drive so I don't have to
spend all my time copying disks on my other computer.
IBM sells such a drive, but it is A) huge, B) expensive, and C) requires a
precious expansion slot. The built-in controller is capable of handling a
second drive, and the setup program looks like it'd believe that the second
drive was a 5.25" one. Has anybody seen a 5.25" drive for the PS/2 that plugs
into the existing controller? The cabling would be a little odd, since the
machine is all set up to slide a second 3.5" drive into a rather small opening
in the front of the machine, but you could run a 5.25" drive's cable out there
without too much trouble.
While I have your attention, has anybody any experience with 2400 baud
internal modems or memory expansion cards for the micro channel? IBM for once
did something right, and PS/2 memory cards are supposed to be configurable in
software are expanded or extended memory or both -- I need a memory card that
actually lets me do that.
TIA,
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