10 Dec
2004
10 Dec
'04
9:14 a.m.
At 02:58 PM 12/10/04 -0800, you wrote:
You should have. Backpack makes 3 1/2" and 5 1/4" drives that work off
the parallel port. And also tape drives, CD drives, etc. But I don't know
if they have drivers that work with W98 and up.
Joe
From: "Gene Ehrich"
<gehrich(a)tampabay.rr.com>
Is there anyway that it can be attached external to the PC through serial,
parallel or USB ports
Hi
Yes and No. Of course, one can make some hardware to
handle the drive and connect it to anything. There
are 3-1/2 inch drives for the USB. It might be that
the software would see a 5-1/4 drive as it is through
one of these interfaces. Remove the 3-1/2 and wire it
to the 5-1/4.
For the parallel, I have some hardware someplace
that can connect an IDE drive to the parallel port.
I don't think I've seen anything for a floppy.