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From: edfair on 8 Apr 2010 00:29

Thee 5" drive connector is an edge connector that slides on the board
rather than an IDH connector that matches up with pins. You should be
able to find the ribbon cable from on line electronic houses.

One issue is whether the floppies are 350LD or 1.2HD. You can end up
with issues reading 360s on a 1.2 drive as the media didn't store as
strong a magnetic field and tended to waste away.


From: LVTravel on 8 Apr 2010 14:26


"LVTravel" <none(a)nothere.com> wrote in message
news:u44EVit1KHA.6104(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
>
> "JD" <JD(a)example.invalid> wrote in message
> news:Oz7zrEs1KHA.5328(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> ggull wrote:
>>> I'd just like to say thanks for this interesting discussion. I've got
>>> some
>>> old 5.25 inchers I'd like to grab the data off of someday, even some old
>>> copy protected games it might be fun to play.
>>>
>>> But a related question. Is there such a thing as an external, say USB,
>>> 5.25" floppy drive? (I use an external 3.5" floppy when I need it.)
>>> or would it be easy to cobble something like that together?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Do a search on Ask.com (or your favorite search engine) and see what you
>> can find. If you have the 5.25 drive and a USB enclosure you might be
>> able to engineer something if you can find the right cables to connect
>> the 5.25 drive to the USB enclosure.
>>
>> --
>> JD..
>
> The USB enclosure method won't work. Reason is that the electronics in
> the drive are designed for PATA (EIDE) or SATA drives. The cabling and
> electronics are entirely different. There are USB 3.5" external floppy
> drives available but I have never seen one for 5.25" floppies.

OOPS, should have read "Reason is that the electronics in the drive
ENCLOSURE are designed for PATA .... drives. The cabling and electronics in
a floppy drive are entirely different." Should have read my own post before
sending.

From: JD on 8 Apr 2010 16:20
LVTravel wrote:
>
>
> "LVTravel" <none(a)nothere.com> wrote in message
> news:u44EVit1KHA.6104(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>>
>> "JD" <JD(a)example.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:Oz7zrEs1KHA.5328(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> ggull wrote:
>>>> I'd just like to say thanks for this interesting discussion. I've
>>>> got some
>>>> old 5.25 inchers I'd like to grab the data off of someday, even some
>>>> old
>>>> copy protected games it might be fun to play.
>>>>
>>>> But a related question. Is there such a thing as an external, say USB,
>>>> 5.25" floppy drive? (I use an external 3.5" floppy when I need it.)
>>>> or would it be easy to cobble something like that together?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Do a search on Ask.com (or your favorite search engine) and see what
>>> you can find. If you have the 5.25 drive and a USB enclosure you
>>> might be able to engineer something if you can find the right cables
>>> to connect the 5.25 drive to the USB enclosure.
>>>
>>> --
>>> JD..
>>
>> The USB enclosure method won't work. Reason is that the electronics in
>> the drive are designed for PATA (EIDE) or SATA drives. The cabling and
>> electronics are entirely different. There are USB 3.5" external floppy
>> drives available but I have never seen one for 5.25" floppies.
>
> OOPS, should have read "Reason is that the electronics in the drive
> ENCLOSURE are designed for PATA .... drives. The cabling and electronics
> in a floppy drive are entirely different." Should have read my own post
> before sending.

My mother told me once that a sure sign of insanity was when one begins
to answer themselves but I guess this is entirely different. 8-)

I am glad you cleared that up.

Could one change out the 3.5 floppy drive for a 5.25 floppy drive in the
USB external floppy drive? Would that cabling and/or electronics be
compatable?

May be moot since the OP hasn't replied.

--
JD..
From: Anthony Buckland on 8 Apr 2010 19:19

"JD" <JD(a)example.invalid> wrote in message
news:%237cwXj11KHA.348(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> LVTravel wrote:
>>
>>
>> "LVTravel" <none(a)nothere.com> wrote in message
>> news:u44EVit1KHA.6104(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>
>>> "JD" <JD(a)example.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:Oz7zrEs1KHA.5328(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> ggull wrote:
>>>>> I'd just like to say thanks for this interesting discussion. I've
>>>>> got some
>>>>> old 5.25 inchers I'd like to grab the data off of someday, even some
>>>>> old
>>>>> copy protected games it might be fun to play.
>>>>>
>>>>> But a related question. Is there such a thing as an external, say USB,
>>>>> 5.25" floppy drive? (I use an external 3.5" floppy when I need it.)
>>>>> or would it be easy to cobble something like that together?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Do a search on Ask.com (or your favorite search engine) and see what
>>>> you can find. If you have the 5.25 drive and a USB enclosure you
>>>> might be able to engineer something if you can find the right cables
>>>> to connect the 5.25 drive to the USB enclosure.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> JD..
>>>
>>> The USB enclosure method won't work. Reason is that the electronics in
>>> the drive are designed for PATA (EIDE) or SATA drives. The cabling and
>>> electronics are entirely different. There are USB 3.5" external floppy
>>> drives available but I have never seen one for 5.25" floppies.
>>
>> OOPS, should have read "Reason is that the electronics in the drive
>> ENCLOSURE are designed for PATA .... drives. The cabling and electronics
>> in a floppy drive are entirely different." Should have read my own post
>> before sending.
>
> My mother told me once that a sure sign of insanity was when one begins to
> answer themselves but I guess this is entirely different. 8-)
>
> I am glad you cleared that up.
>
> Could one change out the 3.5 floppy drive for a 5.25 floppy drive in the
> USB external floppy drive? Would that cabling and/or electronics be
> compatable?
>
> May be moot since the OP hasn't replied.
>
> --
> JD..

An alternative approach might be to try and find an old computer
with a 5.25 drive on it. Enough of us don't throw stuff out quickly
enough that one should be essentially valueless atticware
somewhere.


From: trashcan on 8 Apr 2010 21:39
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 16:19:44 -0700, "Anthony Buckland"
<anthonybucklandnospam(a)telus.net> wrote:

>
>"JD" <JD(a)example.invalid> wrote in message
>news:%237cwXj11KHA.348(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> LVTravel wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "LVTravel" <none(a)nothere.com> wrote in message
>>> news:u44EVit1KHA.6104(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "JD" <JD(a)example.invalid> wrote in message
>>>> news:Oz7zrEs1KHA.5328(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> ggull wrote:
>>>>>> I'd just like to say thanks for this interesting discussion. I've
>>>>>> got some
>>>>>> old 5.25 inchers I'd like to grab the data off of someday, even some
>>>>>> old
>>>>>> copy protected games it might be fun to play.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But a related question. Is there such a thing as an external, say USB,
>>>>>> 5.25" floppy drive? (I use an external 3.5" floppy when I need it.)
>>>>>> or would it be easy to cobble something like that together?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Do a search on Ask.com (or your favorite search engine) and see what
>>>>> you can find. If you have the 5.25 drive and a USB enclosure you
>>>>> might be able to engineer something if you can find the right cables
>>>>> to connect the 5.25 drive to the USB enclosure.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> JD..
>>>>
>>>> The USB enclosure method won't work. Reason is that the electronics in
>>>> the drive are designed for PATA (EIDE) or SATA drives. The cabling and
>>>> electronics are entirely different. There are USB 3.5" external floppy
>>>> drives available but I have never seen one for 5.25" floppies.
>>>
>>> OOPS, should have read "Reason is that the electronics in the drive
>>> ENCLOSURE are designed for PATA .... drives. The cabling and electronics
>>> in a floppy drive are entirely different." Should have read my own post
>>> before sending.
>>
>> My mother told me once that a sure sign of insanity was when one begins to
>> answer themselves but I guess this is entirely different. 8-)
>>
>> I am glad you cleared that up.
>>
>> Could one change out the 3.5 floppy drive for a 5.25 floppy drive in the
>> USB external floppy drive? Would that cabling and/or electronics be
>> compatable?
>>
>> May be moot since the OP hasn't replied.
>>
>> --
>> JD..
>
>An alternative approach might be to try and find an old computer
>with a 5.25 drive on it. Enough of us don't throw stuff out quickly
>enough that one should be essentially valueless atticware
>somewhere.
>


I had a 1.2MB 5 1/4" on the first box I installed ZP Pro on and it
did work, at least then. We're 3 service packs and a dumptruck load of
hot fixes down the line and I don't have that box any more, or an old
floppy to see if it still works...good luck!!

--
Eddie in Loveland

"Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence." -
Leonard McCoy
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