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Hello Tom - 

WC>>> There was someone here complaining about the absurd cost
WC>>> of of an H.P. floppy drive but I've found they're just
WC>>> generic NEC drives. 

->> That was me a year or more ago when my daughter didn't want
->> to replace her dead floppy drive in an HP because of the
->> cost. 

TW> Compaq is all Pripority Floppies as I recall. They hare
TW> Standard Make drives,the two I have handy are TEACS, BUT
TW> are special production runs for Compaq and they Standard
TW> drive dosne't match up with the Compaq Front panel. They
TW> have the Eject button has been moved slightly so even if
TW> you take the faceplate off a Standard Floppy it still won't
TW> work. 

Something like that for HP too and the old PS/2's were
_totally_ different with no ribbon cables out the back. 

Not sure who the genius was that had those ideas but he
should've been smacked upside the head and sent home for even
mentioning it. ;-) 

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