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From: ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 2.88Mb floppy drives?
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Date: 26 Feb 91 16:27:02 GMT
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In article <14`&6Z@rpi.edu> sigma@jec302.its.rpi.edu (Kevin J Martin) writes:
>Toshiba and TEAC both have 2.88Mb 3.5" floppy drives out, as far as I can
>But which computers will these drives work with?  The new PS/2 high-end
>models, of course, but that's not the point.  Is the data transfer rate
>even higher so that a new controller is required?  Who makes a BIOS which
>can accept these drives?
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I just read an article that says MS DOS 5.0 will handle 2.88 Meg floppies.

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