HP OmniBook 5500 Notebook PC - Manual (Page 8)

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Depending on the accessories you purchased with your OmniBook, the center drive
bay can hold an internal CD-ROM drive, a floppy disk drive, or a high-capacity
battery for extra battery power. Alternatively, you can connect the floppy drive to the
OmniBook externally.
Note
To connect the floppy drive to the OmniBook externally, pull out the floppy drive
cable and connect it to the parallel port.