Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!necntc!ima!johnl From: johnl@ima.ISC.COM (John R. Levine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: PS/2 model 50 5.25 disk drive, modem, expansion memory Message-ID: <769@ima.ISC.COM> Date: Thu, 3-Dec-87 18:05:59 EST Article-I.D.: ima.769 Posted: Thu Dec 3 18:05:59 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Dec-87 07:08:54 EST Reply-To: johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine) Distribution: na Organization: Not enough to make any difference Lines: 27 Keywords: PS/2 floppy disk modem memory I have a PS/2 model 50, which as you may know comes with a 3.5" microfloppy drive. (Don't flame me, they flew me to Miami Beach, hypnotized me with hype, and bombarded me with satanic music at a private Beach Boys concert. I couldn't help it.) I'd like to attach a 5.25" disk drive so I don't have to spend all my time copying disks on my other computer. IBM sells such a drive, but it is A) huge, B) expensive, and C) requires a precious expansion slot. The built-in controller is capable of handling a second drive, and the setup program looks like it'd believe that the second drive was a 5.25" one. Has anybody seen a 5.25" drive for the PS/2 that plugs into the existing controller? The cabling would be a little odd, since the machine is all set up to slide a second 3.5" drive into a rather small opening in the front of the machine, but you could run a 5.25" drive's cable out there without too much trouble. While I have your attention, has anybody any experience with 2400 baud internal modems or memory expansion cards for the micro channel? IBM for once did something right, and PS/2 memory cards are supposed to be configurable in software are expanded or extended memory or both -- I need a memory card that actually lets me do that. TIA, -- John R. Levine, IECC, PO Box 349, Cambridge MA 02238-0349, +1 617 492 3869 { ihnp4 | decvax | cbosgd | harvard | yale }!ima!johnl, Levine@YALE.something The Iran-Contra affair: None of this would have happened if Ronald Reagan were still alive.