[Ham-Computers] Question about 5.25" drives.

[Gayal Rupasinghe]

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On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 5:59 AM, KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I've recently acquired four new-old-stock 3.5" floppy drives intended for
> laptops, but so far, they work with all computers with a USB port as an
> external "floppy" drive.
>
> What I'm looking for, since I've had to upgrade from a computer that had
> an internal 5.25" drive, is an EXTERNAL 5.25" drive with USB connectivity.
> Were these ever available, or did the technologies not overlap?  Anything
> out there that works, perhaps a case that I can put my 5.25" floppy drive
> into, then connect it to my laptop?  I don't mind putting something
> together if I can find a nice high-quality case that will take an IDE
> floppy drive and convert to USB.
>
> Ideas?
>
> Kurt
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