Floppy disk reader question

trollzhxtroll · Oct 29, 2017

I found a working floppy disk ready at the scrapyard today, I found the specs on Internet and the reader only support 1.44 MB. What does that mean, is this the max that this reader can read and write?

Paul NZ · Oct 29, 2017

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk

USAFRet · Oct 29, 2017

trollzhxtroll :

Maximum capacity of the 3.5" floppy disk it takes. About a minute of medium quality mp3.
And if you ever come across some 3.5" floppy disks, and if you find a way to connect it to a current PC.

It was in the scrapyard for a reason.

trollzhxtroll · Oct 29, 2017

USAFRet :

Ok thanks, I will buy some floppy disks and a IDE to USB on eBay and enjoy my life with a bookshelf full of disks.
EDIT: Are floppy disks outdated? I don't want to look like a 60 years old man...

USAFRet · Oct 29, 2017

trollzhxtroll :

Why would you do that?
A $5, 5GB USB stick holds ~3,000 times more data, and is faster. And obviously cheaper.

Paul NZ · Oct 29, 2017

You can buy external USB floppy disks on Ebay

USAFRet · Oct 29, 2017

trollzhxtroll :

And watch that. Some of us out here are "a 60 years old man", and even we know they are badly outdated. :lol:

Paperdoc · Oct 29, 2017

The "IDE to USB" adapter will do you NO good at all. Superficially the floppy drive's connectors look like IDE HDD ones, but they are not. They are a different size and number of connection pins. Moreover, a floppy disk communicates with its controller in a very different manner. A mobo that supported a floppy drive had its own dedicated floppy controller chip and mobo header DIFFERENT from IDE. Without that, you cannot connect the floppy drive to your system.

Search

Floppy disk reader question

trollzhxtroll

Prominent

USAFRet

Paul NZ

Polypheme

USAFRet

Titan

trollzhxtroll

Prominent

USAFRet

Titan

Paul NZ

Polypheme

USAFRet

Titan

Paperdoc

Polypheme

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page