chris.chambers@rose.uucp (CHRIS CHAMBERS) (04/12/91)
>> last i inquired, it was not possible to install an external IBM 5.25 >> inch drive as drive B: on the IBM PS/2 Model 55. I can only guess It is not possible to install it using the IBM adapter and diskette, but it is possible using add-ons from other vendors. The IBM rationale for reserving the B: drive was so that you could still perform a copy from A: to B:, with B: being a 3.5" drive. There are three or four vendors who provide external 5.25" drives, either 360KB or 1.2meg versions, and most of them get installed as the B: drive. I am sure for a volume order, maybe more than 20 but who knows, IBM will even package the whole deal for you, including these drives (for a price off course). >> It is a major pain for us and is the reason why we are not going to >> buy 20+ IBM model 55s for a new lab we are setting up. No more excuses now (-: ---