NEC extrenal floppy (S33)???
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    Hi , could any one tell me if all extrenal floppy drive will work with this , and if not , which one will work..having a hard time finding a floppy drive for this laptop..
    Thanks from : byteme

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    Does it go into the PCMCIA or a proprietary port?

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    its got its own port in the back..
    the laptop doesn't have a internal floppy.
    weird!! but thats how it was built..

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    Maybe an NEC external floppy will work on an NEC computer (note the maybe) but I highly doubt that 2 different brands will work with a proprietary port.
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    in the cmos , it states it will boot from
    1: A:drive
    2: c:drive
    3: PCMCIA
    so could i use , like a compaq external floppy PCMCIA ???(or maybe a PCMCIA cd-rom)???i can get those at a not to bad price..LOL
    thanks for all your time !!

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