Wanted: IBM PS/2 system 60 floppy drive.

[Julian Wolfe]

Did you try pulling the floppy, disassembling, and cleaning it?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
> On Behalf Of steven stengel
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 2:57 PM
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
> Subject: Wanted: IBM PS/2 system 60 floppy drive.
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've been given an IBM system 60 (model 8560) computer
> tower, but it won't boot from HD or FD.
> 
> Actually, it has a "601" error when booting - bad
> floppy drive. Additionally, the floppy does not spin,
> although the light does come on.
> 
> If I had a working floppy, I could boot the Set-up
> diskette and hopefully configure it to boot off the
> HD?
> 
> The floppy drive and interface is non-standard, so I
> cannot just install a modern-day floppy drive.
> 
> If anyone has a working floppy drive they'd be willing
> to donate, I'd be a happy camper.
> 
> Thanks!
> Steve
> 
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