Found one :D http://shop.deviceside.com/prod/FC5025
Fausto Fonseca
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On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Fausto Fonseca <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Oh.. you're right! It's only the size of hard drive. I wasn't remembering
> those old big 5.25 hard drives :D
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> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 2:37 PM, "Alexander Von Lünen" <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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>> Well, yes, but that's the size of the hard drive (2", 3.5" 5.25"). Right
>> after the sizes it says "Hard Drive HDD". At the bottom of the text it
>> says: "Supports SATA/IDE 2.5"/3.5" HDD, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-RW
>> Combo devices". Doesn't mention FDD (=floppy disk drive). The connector
>> wouldn't work, anyway.
>>
>> Best,
>> Alex
>>
>>
>> Gesendet: Freitag, 14. März 2014 um 14:28 Uhr
>> Von: "Fausto Fonseca" <[log in to unmask]>
>> An: [log in to unmask]
>> Betreff: Re: Aw: Reading 5.25 Floppy Discs
>> The first link I sent says 3.5'' and 5.25'' to USB
>>
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>> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 2:25 PM, HARRIS TONY <
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>> > Just a thought, but does anyone know if the museum of computing at
>> > Bletchley Park might offer this kind of service? I know they collect old
>> > equipment and I believe it has to be in working order.
>> > Tony
>> > GAC
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>> > Subject: [MCG] Aw: Reading 5.25 Floppy Discs
>> >
>> > Sorry, this is a tough one. The external USB floppy drives other people
>> > have pointed to are for 3.5" disks. There is (to my knowledge) no USB
>> > floppy drive for 5.25" disks. One person suggested a IDE to USB
>> converter.
>> > This, however, only works with hard drives, not with floppy drives (IDE
>> > floppy drives have different connectors and cable size). Your only
>> chance
>> > with this is to find an old computer with a 5.25." drive, which
>> motherboard
>> > *and* BIOS caters for floppy drives. Newer motherboards have neither the
>> > bus connector for floppy drives nor the BIOS option to activate it.
>> Maybe
>> > if you find someone with an old Pentium I/II/III computer (or buy an old
>> > computer on eBay, if you can find it), you might be able to do this. Cf.
>> >
>> http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?28172-USB-5-25-quot-Floppy-Drive[http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?28172-USB-5-25-quot-Floppy-Drive]
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > Alex
>> >
>> >
>> > Gesendet: Freitag, 14. März 2014 um 13:50 Uhr
>> > Von: "John Williams (NMC)" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > An: [log in to unmask]
>> > Betreff: Reading 5.25 Floppy Discs
>> > A colleague in the Museum has asked if we might be able to recover data
>> > from a 5.25 inch floppy disc.
>> >
>> > Like many of you we have disposed of all the devices we had that used
>> this
>> > format but I wondered if anyone here might be able to suggest someone
>> who
>> > still has the ability to read these discs ?
>> >
>> > John
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