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From: carlson@gateway.mitre.org (Bruce Carlson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Adding a 5.25" drive to a PS/2
Keywords: ps/2 5.25 drive
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Date: 5 Jan 90 13:32:11 GMT
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In article <7542@hubcap.clemson.edu> philip@hubcap.clemson.edu (Philip L Harshman) writes:
>
>Failing this, does anyone know of any other cheap way to get an external 5.25"
>drive attached to a PS/2 M55 SX?  The M55 SX has a microchannel bus and has
>no room for a B diskette drive so the external drive will have to have a
>controller on its adapter card.
>Philip Harshman                         uucp: ... !gatech!hubcap!philip

The true blue IBM external 5 1/4 drives are expensive - about $400 for the
drive and $65 for the adapter card.  And this is only a 360k drive.

A local (large) computer store advertises a couple of non-IBM external drives.
I don't know anything about their quality or capabilities, but they may
fit your needs.

External Floppy Drives

BSM (don't know what it stands for)
5 1/4 inch PS/2 1.2 MB	$169
5 1/4 inch PS/2 360k	$169

Pacific Rim
5 1/4 inch PS/2 360k	$169

The local dealer is called Soft Warehouse (703) 749-4400.  They also have
stores in Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Miami, Philadelphia, LA area
and the San Franciso area.

I have no connection with this dealer, other than as a customer.

Bruce Carlson
Mclean, VA