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<blockquote data-quote="davemurgtroyd" data-source="post: 1055460" data-attributes="member: 319227"><p>Thanks for the offer but unless those PCs were early 486s or older then it is unlikely that any of the drives are 720k.</p><p></p><p>However I think I may have another solution - 8086 is a Sinclair PC200 and has external plugin floppies - a 3.5 and a 5.25 - and I have found a working tower PC (486) with I believe a working internal 5.25 drive. So I now merely have to find my 5.25 floppy discs.</p><p></p><p>The PC200 is a very unusual PC built in case like an Amiga (see attached video) and <a href="http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/museum/sinclair/pc200/index.php" target="_blank">Binary Dinosaurs - Sinclair PC200</a>.</p><p>It has CGA monitor and RF UHF output to connect to a TV, standard RS232 and Centronic outputs. The two internal 8 bit ISA expansion slots (NOT 3 as stated in video) are accessed via a hinged flap on top of PC. I have a couple of 8087 co-processors to fit.</p><p></p><p>Resurrecting this PC may well surpass Vipersan's retro resurrection <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]ZmywNxCw7Qc[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davemurgtroyd, post: 1055460, member: 319227"] Thanks for the offer but unless those PCs were early 486s or older then it is unlikely that any of the drives are 720k. However I think I may have another solution - 8086 is a Sinclair PC200 and has external plugin floppies - a 3.5 and a 5.25 - and I have found a working tower PC (486) with I believe a working internal 5.25 drive. So I now merely have to find my 5.25 floppy discs. The PC200 is a very unusual PC built in case like an Amiga (see attached video) and [URL="http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/museum/sinclair/pc200/index.php"]Binary Dinosaurs - Sinclair PC200[/URL]. It has CGA monitor and RF UHF output to connect to a TV, standard RS232 and Centronic outputs. The two internal 8 bit ISA expansion slots (NOT 3 as stated in video) are accessed via a hinged flap on top of PC. I have a couple of 8087 co-processors to fit. Resurrecting this PC may well surpass Vipersan's retro resurrection :D [MEDIA=youtube]ZmywNxCw7Qc[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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