[ale] I want more hardware...

Unix Guru Dude geof at denali.is.net
Tue Mar 19 21:21:45 EST 1996


}}On Sun, 17 Mar 1996, Unix Guru Dude wrote:
}}don't know if this would work, but you might want to look into those
}}combo floppy drives, they contain a 3.5 and a 5.25 in one drive bay and   
}I
}}am pretty sure they use just one cable.  So long ad they don't require
}}any special drivers to work, it ought to do the trick.  If they do
}
}I'm using one of those dual-floppy drives and a Connor QIC-Wide 420MB   
}tape drive off my floppy controller, and all work just fine with no   
}special mods needed.  I'm using the 1.3.68 kernel with ftape (is it 2.06?   
}I forget).  The normal two-floppy cable installs with the dual drive   
}plugged into the end that's traditionally the A: socket, and the B:   
}connecter plugged into the tape drive (at least in my case).

Yeah, I've seen the dual floppies, but I didn't want to put the money
out right now.  The price I saw was about $100.  I already have the
floppy drives.  I know, cheap...  Thanks, I may go that route anyway.

}
}Hope this helps!
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