From: Andrew Scott Beals (bandy_at_ricochet.net)
Date: Wed Apr 12 2000 - 18:34:17 EDT
Just got mine from hitechcafe today. Dropped it into a 46h5749 "flop dock", slapped that on
my 730t's docking station and WHOO HOOO! working floppy drive.
Such a deal.
andy
peter machule wrote:
> http://www.hitechcafe.com/eshop/product.asp?dept%5Fid=6&sku=MPF720%2D2%2F21
>
> $12 !!
> it's worth a phone call ;-}
> Picure is correct but I don't recall ever seeing a Sony product inside a 755 /760.
> It was always a TEAC .
>
> As to the price differnce between essentially identical products ...
> It's IBM ;-}
> Note that many of the earlier 750 drives were 2.88 MB but the drive part you give is the
> standard 1.44MB.
>
> ..peter.. who still can't figure IBM out ...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter Findeis <findeis_at_bucknell.edu>
> To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 4:06 PM
> Subject: Floppy drives for TP 755
>
> > Hi all,
> > Diskette drive for 760 / 765 series TP is FRU # 29H9230 (IBM price of $80.75),
> > BUT for the 355, 360 and 755 TP the diskette drive is FRU # 84G2269 (IBM
> > price of $ 168.00)
> > Both drives seem to be physically the same, and the cheaper floppy seems to
> > work just fine in a 755CS
> > Anybody know why the difference?
> > -Pete
> >
> >
> >
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