2.88mb 3 1/2 disk drives

[sonoma1993]

how come alot of computers these days support the 2.88mb 3 1/2 disk drive standard? When ever i goto a computer store. I never see any of them selling the the 2.88mb disk drives or the 2.88mb floppy disk? What the point of supporting it if no one sells them here in the United States?

 

[Ilmater]

Because why not? It doesn't hurt anything, and they don't really cost anything more.

 

[sonoma1993]

how can they cost anything more if no one sells the 2.88mb 3/12 disk drives and the 2.88mb floppy disk.. All i ever see at the computer stores in my town are just the 1.44mb floppydisk

 

[JimPhelpsMI]

Hi, 288mb floppies are standard 1.44mb floppies formated to 2.88. Any 1.44mb floppy drive will read and write them. There used to be many DOS programs to download that will write them. Some had to have a reader loaded. MS started that to get more on a disk for Win 3.1 installs. Jim