The parts on this page can be ordered separately from Blonde Guy computers. They are offered to save OS/2 users time getting the right parts for their platform.
The web page for each Blonde Guy computer lists the accessories that will work with that computer.
This external USB Floppy drive can be used to read and write 720K and 1.44M 3 1/2 inch Floppy disks.
The USB Floppy can be used to make OS/2 boot floppies, however, USB Floppy disk drives cannot format, read or write floppy disks in the XDF Diskette Format, which was used in floppy-based distributions of OS/2.
USB Floppy Drive: $50.00 USD
This external USB DVD/RW drive can be used to read and write CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW and Dual Density DVD-RW media.
USB DVD/RW Drive: $60.00 USD
Using a travel router with a desktop can free you from a wired Ethernet connection. I use the Travel Router to access local WiFi or my phone's hot spot. The Travel router comes with everything you need to connect to an access point.
Travel Router: $65.00 USD
Orders will be fulfilled with a Mango router, a TP-Link AC750 Wireless Travel Router, an Asus RP-N12 Wireless N300 Range Extender, or a TP-Link Nano Router. I include a folder of URL links to the admin pages of each of these routers to make it easy to set up the first time.
Instructions and details about external WiFi: Travel Routers
This PS/2 port cable adds the optional PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports to Lenovo desktop and tower computers. Supported computers have a knock-out on the rear panel which matches this cable.
The female connector on the wire from the small PS/2 ports panel only fits one way and is easy to seat on the male pins of the motherboard.
The small PS/2 panel only goes only one way with the blue "keyboard" connector to the right when looking at the entire back panel. There is a little keyboard logo on the main back panel for the blue plug, and an image of a mouse for the green plug.
PS/2 Ports: $75.00 USD
This parallel port cable adds the optional parallel port to Lenovo desktop and tower computers. It takes up one external slot.
Parallel Port: $50.00 USD
This PCIe-X1 bus card provides USB 2.0 ports. You can use this card with USBEHCD.SYS to provide support USB devices.
PCIe USB 2.0 Card: $75.00 USD
The Icy Dock triple bay allows mounting one, two or three fixed disks. The disks can be ejected and replaced. Only SATA disks and SSD are supported. Two of the bays are 2 1/2 inch drives and one is a 3 1/2 inch drive. The computer must be powered down before inserting or ejecting the disk or data loss can occur. More information is available about the Icy Dock on this webpage.
Icy Dock web page
Icy Dock triple bay: $150.00 USD
The internal drive can be upgraded to a 2 TB solid state drive.
2 TB Solid State drive upgrade: $300.00 USD