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[Bill Sudbrink]

Every now and then, you can still get a good buy on ebay.
Described simply as:

  5 1/4 Full height floppy disk drives

this lot:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4193&item=5183306657

is not one, not two, but three MPI B51 floppy drives.  Ohio
Scientific used this model in all of their "MF" (mini-floppy)
offerings.  If you don't want to bother following the link,
I got the lot for $10 plus shipping.  One of the drives has a
gray faceplate, which I've never seen before.  I've had a hard
time figuring out what other manufacturers used B51s.  Atari
used the mechanism in some of their 810s but with their own
custom electronics.  Before any Atari enthusiasts scream, I
have not and will not disassemble any working 810s for parts.