I have two of them. I should probably test them first to make sure they
still work... umm.. how do I test a 5 1/4" floppy drive without a floppy?
Jim
On 4/21/05, Adam Thornton <adam@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On Apr 21, 2005, at 10:53 AM, Kirk Israel wrote:
>
> > Let's see...I think I saw one as late as 1995 or so, in an old
> > computer lab at my university...dont think there was adrive for it. It
> > made me see the connection between the old 8-bit home computers and
> > some of the more industrial stregth machines thast preceeded them...
> >
> > On 4/21/05, Adam Thornton <adam@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Apr 21, 2005, at 1:58 AM, David Wyn Davies wrote:
> >>
> >>> Last saw an 8" floppy around 1987. It was at the first place I worked
> >>> as
> >>> a programmer (converting PET Basic bespoke applications into GWBASIC
> >>> on
> >>> the PC). It was a copy of Microsoft Basic. They didn't have any 8"
> >>> drives though.
> >>>
> >> The last one I saw in use was in about 1992. It held the microcode
> >> for
> >> an IBM mainframe I/O controller of some kind that Rice had. A 3745 or
> >> something.
> >>
> Well, I did say *in use*. I bet if I rummaged a little I could look at
> one in just a couple minutes.
>
> Say, I don't suppose anyone on this list has a 5-1/4" floppy drive for
> a PC that they'd be willing to unload for free or nearly so, do they?
> I just rediscovered a pile of IBM PC 5-1/4" disks, and I have nothing
> that can read them, since the only 5-1/4" drives I have are 1541s. Disk
> ][s, and Duodisks. And a Unidisk, but same problem. And a slightly
> b0rked Atari 5-1/4" drive. But nothing PC-ish.
>
> Adam
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