Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!paul.rutgers.edu!eagles.rutgers.edu!hundt From: hundt@eagles.rutgers.edu (Hundt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: 1.44M external 3-1/2" disk drives Message-ID: Date: 28 Dec 88 21:07:58 GMT Reply-To: hundt@eagles.rutgers.edu (Hundt) Distribution: na Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 10 |I am looking for an external 3-1/2" drive for XT's and AT's (1.44Meg) |that does not have the hardware check for the extra hole (notch) on |the floppy disk. The 3-1/2" disk drives on the PS/2's do not perform yeah, that hole-checking sure is obnoxious. there's a guy advertising in computer shopper a hole-making gadget, that allows you to use the low density disks as 1.44s, thus saving lots of money. one of these days i'm going to hack my drive to disable that darn thing... hundt@occlusal.rutgers.edu:Thomas M. Hundt:201/247-6723(H),932-5843(Lab)