Southwest WTB Floppy Drives Screws for a Compaq portable

[abruno17]

I need 4 screws that will fit through the rubber shock mount of a Compaq Portable I from 1982. If anyone has screws from an original Compaq Portable I or that are know to fit so I can mount a floppy drive please pm me or respond to this post.

 

[rmay635703]

Your talking the flat faced security screws Compaq put on everything including drive rails?

 

[VERAULT]

Do you mean the rubber grommet assemblies?

 

[Chuck(G)]

I took it that the OP was looking for the 6-32 shoulder screws. But maybe not...

 

[abruno17]

Your talking the flat faced security screws Compaq put on everything including drive rails?

The screws to secure the drives in their mounts.

 

[abruno17]

I took it that the OP was looking for the 6-32 shoulder screws. But maybe not...

Will it be long enough to fit through the chassis and the rubber mounts these floppy drives rest on?

 

[abruno17]

You’re talking the flat faced security screws Compaq put on everything including drive rails?

I don’t know. Is that what the floppy drives were secured with?

 

[abruno17]

Do you mean the rubber grommet assemblies?

I’m looking for the screw that goes through them to secure the floppies in place.

 

[Chuck(G)]

Will it be long enough to fit through the chassis and the rubber mounts these floppy drives rest on?

Take a look at WW Grainger. You can find a bewildering variety of overall lengths, shoulder lengths, heads and materials.

 

[westveld]

I found a pair of them out of a bag labelled "Cpq P Misc"
I believe these are the drive mount ones
You might be able to find something that works at a local hardware store too.
Specs:
T15 head
#6-32 size (like normal 3.5" hard drive mounting screws)
0.850" thread length

 

[Chuck(G)]

The ones that I've seen have an unthreaded "shoulder" on the part that goes through the grommet. Hp used a similar mounting method on some of their models.