| ??? 08/17/05 21:18 Read: times |
#99603 - floppy Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Oh, there are many solutions to how to access 5.25" diskettes:
1. first of all, there is almost no difference to 3.5" from the "cable" point of view except the connector, so you can still can connect it to a computer where a 3.5" interface is present 2. I think there are USB-to-3.5" boxes, so possibly the 3.5" drive could be replaced by the 5.25" drive there 3. Some super-IO interface chips support floppy-through-LPT, you need to check out if a driver is available for your system 4. for read-only, one could tie the floppy to a logic analyzer (1 channel is enough), manually control the step etc. signals and recor what comes out on read; then post-process the data 5. here comes the microcontroller project - in light of the bit-banged USB discussed in an another thread today, I would try to bit-bang the floppy from a faster microcontroller (LPC9xx?) Jan Waclawek |
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| suggest me a good project | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| There is posts like yours ad nauseam, se | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Here's one I've been playing with... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Florida? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Would love to | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| drop | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| thank!!!!! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I was impressed with your "which will a | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| RE: suggest me a good project | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| How about a 5.25" floppy (over USB) | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| floppy | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| floppy | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| bah | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
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| No | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| 3 weeks | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
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| Projects. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
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