Re: PC Transporter 5.25-inch drive from AE

[herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Herbert Fung)]

Previously Roy Barrett wrote:
 
>Soenke Behrens (behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE) wrote:
>: Yes. Take out the mechanism, it should be standard IBM style (in fact,
>: it is). Put the mechanism into your PS/2, connect power and the
>: drive cable, that's it. But keep in mind: 360k only ... not really
>: worth it, unless you _have_ to write 360k disks that can be read by
>: any 360k drive.
 
>Really? Hmm, AE must really be making money then.. ;) What's in the
>TransDrive?
>
>Is it possible to get cheap PC drives to use as PCT drives?
 
Yes, I bought a $40.00 720K drive from London Drugs a couple of years ago
and put it in the empty drive bay in the TransDrive and it worked just
great. As for what's inside a TransDrive, not much, would you believe
just the case, drives and cables?
 
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