Re: 5.25 inch usb floopy drive?

Re: 5.25 inch usb floopy drive?

[Gregory Nowak]

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On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 10:32:49AM -0600, Mike Keithley wrote:
> Is there such a thing as a 5.25 inch floppy drive with a USB interface? 

Not that I know of.

> If not, could such a drive (I have two old ones) be installed into a USB 
> drive enclosure?

Typically, usb floppy drives come as a single unit. The only usb drive
enclosure I know of is for ide drives (maybe scsi too), but in either
case the answer is no. The only way you'd be able to get a 5.25 floppy
drive into a usb enclosure is if the enclosure had a floppy interface,
and if you were able to get hold of a floppy ribbon that still had the
old card-slot floppy connectors on it.

Greg




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5.25 inch usb floopy drive?

[Mike Keithley]

Hello list,

Is there such a thing as a 5.25 inch floppy drive with a USB interface? 
If not, could such a drive (I have two old ones) be installed into a USB 
drive enclosure?

Thanks.


Mike Keithley

Re: 5.25 inch usb floopy drive?

[Glenn at home]

I have a 5.25 floppy drive, in an external case, that connects via serial, 
and perhaps you could use a serial to U S B converter with a setup like 
that.
Glenn

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Subject: 5.25 inch usb floopy drive?


Hello list,

Is there such a thing as a 5.25 inch floppy drive with a USB interface?
If not, could such a drive (I have two old ones) be installed into a USB
drive enclosure?

Thanks.


Mike Keithley

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Re: 5.25 inch usb floopy drive?

[Gregory Nowak]

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I stand to be corrected, but this sounds like something that's
out-dated, and wouldn't be found on a computer store shelf today. If
that's so, then the answer is still no, it can't be done, for all
intents and purposes.

Greg


On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 09:47:03PM -0500, Glenn at home wrote:
> I have a 5.25 floppy drive, in an external case, that connects via serial, 
> and perhaps you could use a serial to U S B converter with a setup like 
> that.
> Glenn
> 

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Re: 5.25 inch usb floopy drive?

[hank smith]

where did you get it from?
I am trying to get a hole bunch of sound files and dos crap from some 5 ench 
floppy disks
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Subject: Re: 5.25 inch usb floopy drive?


>I have a 5.25 floppy drive, in an external case, that connects via serial,
> and perhaps you could use a serial to U S B converter with a setup like
> that.
> Glenn
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Keithley" <mkeithley@pobox.com>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:32 AM
> Subject: 5.25 inch usb floopy drive?
>
>
> Hello list,
>
> Is there such a thing as a 5.25 inch floppy drive with a USB interface?
> If not, could such a drive (I have two old ones) be installed into a USB
> drive enclosure?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Mike Keithley
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