Re: IDE 5.25" floppy drives, do they exist?

"Anthony K." <anthonybaby+-removeme> wrote in message
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> "Anthony K." <anthonybaby+-removeme> wrote:
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>> I have some stable condition 5.25" MS-DOS and Apple II formatted floppy
>> disks that I'd like to use. But I only have a modern Macintosh without a
>> floppy drive controller, and I'd rather not buy an old computer.
>>
>> If IDE 5.25" floppy drives exist, then perhaps I can add one to a USB
>> IDE enclosure, then use it for at least IBM-PC sourced disks. But do
>> such drives exist? Is there another alternative for trying to connect
>> these old drives to modern day computers that lack floppy controllers?
>> Perhaps some FDD to IDE adapter? Or is my only option to buy an old
>> computer and network it?
>>
>> Anthony K.
>
> Figured it out. Determined that there's far too much that would have to
> be done to get it working, and it would be very expensive. There's a
> potential SCSI -> USB option, but that's untested.


I still have combine floppy A and B the 5.25'' and 3.5'' I'm still using
it
sometime. It came with a PC which I bought in 1987 I think..(?).
What about USB external floppy? I saw somewhere one
..

Yes, USB floppy come VERY handy for notebooks. Imagine installing Windows 200/XP to their SATA drivers w/o the driver DISKETE. And yes, 2000/XP refuse anything except a floppy disc with the SATA driver - you can swear, you can threaten the machine, it will never work using a CD

Someone should modify the Winblows flawed install

PS. no, 5 1/4" floppy I never saw as USB, because they usually need the 12V for their massive motors 3.5" floppy can made it using 5V only, but not 5 1/4" ...