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From: mjlanham@eos.ncsu.edu (MICHAEL JAY LANHAM)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: Can I use 360K drive in PS/2 70
Keywords: disk floppy 360K
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Date: 5 Oct 90 20:51:40 GMT
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In article <4059@tellab5.tellabs.com>, saba@tellabs.com (Bruce
Sabalaskey) writes:
> I have some old 360 K double-sided double density 40 track floppy
> drives. Does anyone know if and how I could use these with my PS/2
> model 70? I know that the PC-AT/XT floppy controller cards do not work
> in PS/2's. But I don't want to spend $400 bucks for an IBM controller
> card and disk drive. I've seen clones for about $250, but I would
> rather use my existing drives which are currently collecting dust.
> 
> Any Ideas?
> 
> Bruce Sabalaskey
> ...!tellab5!tellab1!saba

Unless you can find a third party vendor that makes/sells a controller
with Micro-channel (MCA) buses, I do not think you will be able to use
those drives.