Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!rutgers!cmcl2!yale!spolsky-joel From: spolsky-joel@CS.YALE.EDU (Joel Spolsky) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: IBM PS/2 Model 25 w/2-3.5" drives and 1-5.25" ????? Keywords: PS/2 Model 25, 3 drives Message-ID: <40201@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Date: 13 Oct 88 02:44:15 GMT References: <3224@hubcap.UUCP> Sender: root@yale.UUCP Reply-To: spolsky-joel@CS.YALE.EDU (Joel Spolsky) Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept, New Haven CT 06520-2158 Lines: 33 In article <3224@hubcap.UUCP> mmccann@hubcap.UUCP (Mike McCann) writes: | I have an IBM PS/2 Model 25 with 2-internal 3.5" disk drives and would | like to add an external 5.25" drive. Can this be done? My area IBM | sales person says NO because you have to remove one of the drives to | connect its cable to the back of the external disk drive adapter. Is | there a way to connect the drive adapter and still keep the two internal | disk drives? If so, will I have to use the connector for the hard | drive? The PS/2 floppy controller can only handle two drives. Kinson Products Corp advertises a $249 external 5.25" floppy that works with all PS/2 models. They will sell you a 3.5"/5.25" disk drive switch adaptor if you have 2 3.5" drives installed; this is $40. Kinson Products Corp 482-484 Sunrise Highway Rockville Center, NY 11570 Orders: 1-800-433-6224 (outside NY) 1-800-553-6224 (inside NY) Inquiries: 1-516-763-0906 WARNING: I have nothing to do with this company. I've never even HEARD of them. I would never IMAGINE recommending their products without knowing more. I just saw their ad (PC Mag. 7:17 Oct 11 '88). Judging by the number of grammatical mistakes in the ad ... +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+ | Joel Spolsky | bitnet: spolsky@yalecs uucp: ...!yale!spolsky | | | arpa: spolsky@yale.edu voicenet: 203-436-1483 | +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+ #include