[comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware] 2.88 Meg Floppy info request

si8_jl17888@debet.nhh.no (10/23/90)

Could anybody please mail me some information on 2.88 Meg floppy drives
?

Jarle Lerxen

gargulak@mozart.convex.com (Tom Gargulak) (10/23/90)

I looked into it earlier this year.  The only company I found making them
was TEAC and they told me they were primarily selling them to OEMs.

-Tom 

sigma@pawl.rpi.edu (Kevin J Martin) (10/23/90)

si8_jl17888@debet.nhh.no writes:
>Could anybody please mail me some information on 2.88 Meg floppy drives

All I've heard (and it's old information) is that IBM is planning to use them
in their new PS/2 systems due out Real Soon Now.  I haven't been able to keep
up with industry news anymore, though - is the design courtesy of IBM, or will
clone makers get to have them reasonably soon?

Anyone know anything about it?

-- 
Kevin Martin
sigma@rpi.edu

chao@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Chia-Chi Chao) (10/23/90)

si8_jl17888@debet.nhh.no writes:
>Could anybody please mail me some information on 2.88 Meg floppy drives

I remember seeing an ad of a Teac? 720K/1.44M/2.88M drive.  I think the price
is about $200.  The 2.88M disks will definitely be expensive though.
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Chia-Chi Chao     chao@cs.ucla.edu   ..!ucbvax!cs.ucla.edu!chao