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5 1/4 inch floppy drive or company to save

robertob · 2003-07-08 12:49:48

Hi I'm doing a bit of tidying up at home. I've a stack of old 5 1/4 floppy disks. I would like to keep some of these, but the old PC with the needed drive is dead and the controller card is an ISA so it won't work in current PC. Anyone know where I can buy a drive and card or anywhere I can get the job done? I potentially…

08-07-2003 1:49pm

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robertob

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Hi
I'm doing a bit of tidying up at home. I've a stack of old 5 1/4 floppy disks. I would like to keep some of these, but the old PC with the needed drive is dead and the controller card is an ISA so it won't work in current PC.
Anyone know where I can buy a drive and card or anywhere I can get the job done? I potentially have 50 or so floppys to copy, but I'll need to scan their contents to be sure.

thanks
-rob-

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#2 08-07-2003 1:54pm

Beëlzebooze

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the 5 1/4 drive shouldn't need a separate card, just hook it up to the ribon cable that connects your current 3 1/2 drive.

some 5 1/4 drives have a card edge connector though, so you will need to find an adapter, or a different flat cable.

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