30 Jun
2019
30 Jun
'19
12:42 p.m.
Ah, just so we're all on the same page here.... The drive i'm looking for
seems to be "extra" special.... mine's got a ribbon cable connecting it to
the card edge connector .... same connector as these two pictured drives
but slightly different configuration. Apparently the drives shown are
compatible, however -
https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/images/2009-09-16-broken-ibm-driv…
Mine is like this one -
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Floppy_IBM_PS2_M70_back…
On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 3:28 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jun 2019, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
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Gary G. Sparkes Jr.
KB3HAG
I have to check but I think there is a
"regular" 3.5 to PS/2 drive
adapter
around, someone selling one? IIRC the PS/2's
need a power line (or two)
merged into pin X (?). It may be worth it to investigate the possibility
of buying or making an adapter as these PS/2 drives are becoming hard to
find.
I might not be remembering correctly (un-refreshed wetware), but I thought
that I remembered from 30+ years ago, that PS/2 drive connector consisted
of 40? pins, of which the first 34 were standard? drive pinout, plus the
added pins carried the power.
If that remembraance is close to correct, then the adapter would consist
of 40 pin connector to 34 plus power.