[dba-Tech] How to get data of 16 year old 5 1/4 inch floppy

Hi Mark

It is a).

All Pentium-level machines have a floppy interface, so you would need just a
drive and cable. Power connector is the same as that for old harddisks like
(parallel) ATA.

/gustav

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Mark Breen
Sendt: 19. august 2013 08:53
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Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] How to get data of 16 year old 5 1/4 inch floppy

Hello Gustav,

I will have a look at one old machine I have here that works, if it has the
floppy cable for 51/4 then that may be all I need.

If I do not get on well on ebay, I will come back to you.

Do you have
a) one or two that you want to keep for 'just in case'
or
b) four or five that you are meaning to throw out.

I would not like to take yours if they are you last 51/4 drives but if have
more than 2 then that might be a good option ?

Thanks

Mark






On 11 August 2013 09:44, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:

> Hi Mark
>
> I have kept a couple of 5.25" drives. However, these days trouble 
> would also be to find an old Pentium-type machine with a FDD 
> controller _and_ the cable with two different connectors, but I think I
have both somewhere.
>
> If you are desperate enough, I would gladly try to locate the parts ...
>
> /gustav
>
> >>> marklbreen at gmail.com 11-08-13 9:59 >>>
> Hello All,
>
> Any idea how I can read an old 51/4 inch floppy disk ?
>
> I can find a specialist company if necessary but it would be nice to 
> be able to do it myself
>
> Mark