From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Thu Jun 27 2002 - 04:19:12 EDT
you need the same internal floppy to install in the external floppy
adapter..
there is also an (exclusively) external floppy but the cable for THAT one is
extremely rare..
i have some used internal floppy drives for the 760 series..
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Felix E. Klee" <felix.klee_at_inka.de>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 8:50 AM
Subject: FDD adapter for 760EL?
> Hi,
>
> a neighbour bought a used Thinkpad 760EL which came without a floppy disk
> drive. Spare FDDs from IBM are horribly overpriced. Luckily, there is an
> external FDD port on the back of the machine just above the docking
station
> port. However, one seems to need an adapter to connect a disk drive to
this
> port.
>
> Does anyone know where we can get such an adapter and whether one can
connect
> standard disk drives or only expensive IBM ones.
>
> Felix
>
>
>
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