Re: SCSI 5.25"

["Will Strutts" <wrstrutts@comcast.net>]

"Wayne Stewart" <waynes@intergate.ca> wrote in message
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> left_the_scene wrote:
>
> > Never seen such a creature! Who the heck makes 'em?
>
> I never noticed the make. A local used computer & parts store
> usually has a couple or 3 in one of their bins. First time I looked
> was when in passing I saw the back with centronics 50 connector
> and SCSI id switch and wondered what a hard drive was doing
> in the external 5.25 drive bin. I guess I should see what they want
> for one. Sometimes their prices are really low, sometimes rediculously
> high.
>
>     Wayne
>

Probally they were for the Mac since Apple didn't support
5.25" drives on the Mac platform. I seem to recall seeing them
advertised when I first got my Mac Plus back in 1989.

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