From: Steve C. (stevec50_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Oct 11 2001 - 00:38:34 EDT
I have one that I got off ebay for my TP760, FRU P/N
66G5060. If it's 2.88Mb it will be stamped on the door
on the front of the drive. If it's 1.44Mb it usually
isn't marked.
> > I tried the format a: /F:2.88 and it said
> > Formatting 2.88M
> > Parameters not supported
> >
> > And then quit.
> >
> > I think I have the right floppy it is an "ED"
> instead of "HD" and the
> > index hole is further from the end. It says 4.0MB
> on the metal slider.
> >
> > Perhaps the floppy on my T21 is not 2.88 capable.
>
> I've never seen anything in any T21 (or indeed any
> A/T/X series) description
> that would lead one to believe that the 3.5" drive
> in the machines is
> anything other than a plain vanilla 1.44MB drive.
>
> There haven't been any 2.88MB drives in Thinkpads
> since the 755 series
> AFAIK.
>
> Regards,
>
> James
>
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Steve Coakley
Managing Director,
Mesa Network Services
P.O Box 13723
Mesa, AZ 85216
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