There used to be floppy drives you could connect to the parallel port.. Try
looking for one of these, I'm sure they'll work just fine even today. :)

There are also quite recent thingies that let you connect a 3.5" drive via
USB, could be an alternative too (having a 5.25" internally and a 3.5" via
USB)

Cheers,
Peo

-----Original Message-----
From: Edward Franks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: den 20 januari 2004 19:51
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] 5.25s vs. 3.5s


On Jan 20, 2004, at 12:26 PM, Feldhamer, Stuart wrote:
[Snip]
> I got no response. Did I do something wrong here? More generally, what 
> is
> the opinion of the people on this list regarding a game that came in 
> two
> versions: one on 5.25 inch disks and one on 3.5 inch disks? Are the 
> 3.5 inch
> disks more valuable?

        I don't think you did anything wrong.  The problem is that the 5.25 
inch drives are not very common these days among the casual gamer.  For 
them 3.5 inch disks are more valuable simply because they don't have 
that type of drive.  You might want to describe the media in the 
future.  I've gotten questions on eBay auctions about the Ultima 
Collection even though the image of the game clearly shows "CD-ROM 
Classics".  ;-)

        It is going to get even worse.  My current motherboard doesn't even 
support a B: drive!  As I need the 3.5 inch drive as my A: drive this 
means I'll need to keep an older PC around just to deal with 5.25 
floppies.  But how many people have room or even want an older PC 
around just for a few odd games?

-- 

Edward Franks


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