[Ham-Computers] Question about 5.25" drives.

[john]

They are available on E bay for $20.00 and less Be sure to search for "External 5.25" enclosures . 

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From: "Gayal Rupasinghe" <gayal.rupasinghe at gmail.com> 
To: "Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications, or experimenting" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 10:03:05 AM 
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Question about 5.25" drives. 

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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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