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Quote from: Just18 on December 09, 2011, 12:53:27 PMQuote from: The Chief on November 21, 2011, 12:44:17 PMI recently came across a rather large box of old 5 1/4 floppies and I'd really like to see what's on them. I have a brand new, still in the box, high density 5 1/4 drive. Unfortunately, I don't have anything to mount it in, since every thing is too new for the BIOS to recognize it.Does anyone know if a USB adapter cable exists for 5 1/4 inch floppy drives? And where I might acquire one?I have a couple of IDE and SATA USB adapter cables - does anyone make an IDE (drive connector) to floppy adapter? And again, where I might acquire one?Thanks anyway....http://www.deviceside.com/http://www.deviceside.com/fc5025.htmlhttp://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2503http://www.softpres.org/glossary:kryofluxA bit costly methinks http://www.kryoflux.com/http://webstore.kryoflux.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=1&osCsid=25a295e5f08a2dd37e519b9cc2d8dd06Hope something there helps Depending on the 5.25" drive it may require 12V or newer models may work with 5V, I believe.Both rather pricy. 90 Euros? And are just the beginning, neither seems to come with a power supply for the drive.
Quote from: The Chief on November 21, 2011, 12:44:17 PMI recently came across a rather large box of old 5 1/4 floppies and I'd really like to see what's on them. I have a brand new, still in the box, high density 5 1/4 drive. Unfortunately, I don't have anything to mount it in, since every thing is too new for the BIOS to recognize it.Does anyone know if a USB adapter cable exists for 5 1/4 inch floppy drives? And where I might acquire one?I have a couple of IDE and SATA USB adapter cables - does anyone make an IDE (drive connector) to floppy adapter? And again, where I might acquire one?Thanks anyway....http://www.deviceside.com/http://www.deviceside.com/fc5025.htmlhttp://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2503http://www.softpres.org/glossary:kryofluxA bit costly methinks http://www.kryoflux.com/http://webstore.kryoflux.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=1&osCsid=25a295e5f08a2dd37e519b9cc2d8dd06Hope something there helps Depending on the 5.25" drive it may require 12V or newer models may work with 5V, I believe.
I recently came across a rather large box of old 5 1/4 floppies and I'd really like to see what's on them. I have a brand new, still in the box, high density 5 1/4 drive. Unfortunately, I don't have anything to mount it in, since every thing is too new for the BIOS to recognize it.Does anyone know if a USB adapter cable exists for 5 1/4 inch floppy drives? And where I might acquire one?I have a couple of IDE and SATA USB adapter cables - does anyone make an IDE (drive connector) to floppy adapter? And again, where I might acquire one?Thanks anyway....
