Comments on: The Sad Tale of the 5.25″ Disk Drive http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1200 Jason Scott's Weblog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:22:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Rocknrollkat http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1200/comment-page-1#comment-238260 Rocknrollkat Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:58:41 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1200#comment-238260 I bought the device side controller. It does not include a power supply for the drive, the instructions are sketchy, they assume you have a TEAC drive, if you don't you need to conigure your drive to emulate the TEAC. good luck with that !! The device does NOT show up in "my computer', but runs directly from the software, assuming it runs at all, which mine doesn't. This is NOT plug'n'play by ANY stretch. It has cost me 60 bucks and countless hours of frustration on three different computers, and not 1 disk coopied so far. I bought the device side controller. It does not include a power supply for the drive, the instructions are sketchy, they assume you have a TEAC drive, if you don’t you need to conigure your drive to emulate the TEAC. good luck with that !! The device does NOT show up in “my computer’, but runs directly from the software, assuming it runs at all, which mine doesn’t. This is NOT plug’n'play by ANY stretch. It has cost me 60 bucks and countless hours of frustration on three different computers, and not 1 disk coopied so far.

]]> By: Kevin Greene http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1200/comment-page-1#comment-85467 Kevin Greene Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:00:15 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1200#comment-85467 One just came out...(though it's been demoed for a couple years). I'm not connected with them, just on a mailing list. Device Side Data's FC5025 USB 5.25" floppy controller http://www.deviceside.com/ One just came out…(though it’s been demoed for a couple years). I’m not connected with them, just on a mailing list.

Device Side Data’s FC5025 USB 5.25″ floppy controller

http://www.deviceside.com/

]]> By: Jason Scott http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1200/comment-page-1#comment-56942 Jason Scott Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:11:49 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1200#comment-56942 As of yet I have not. As of yet I have not.

]]> By: Ari http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1200/comment-page-1#comment-56895 Ari Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:51:47 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1200#comment-56895 Did you by any chance find an USB adaptor for 5.25 diskette drives? An answer will be appreciated. Thanks, Ari Did you by any chance find an USB adaptor for 5.25 diskette drives?
An answer will be appreciated.
Thanks, Ari

]]> By: Jason Scott http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1200/comment-page-1#comment-15791 Jason Scott Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:23:40 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1200#comment-15791 Thanks for thinking of me, but this isn't what is needed. This will work for hard drives, DVD/CD-rom drives, but I am specifically speaking of 5.25" floppy drives. There are even 3.5" floppy-to-USB drives. So no, the search continues. Thanks for thinking of me, but this isn’t what is needed. This will work for hard drives, DVD/CD-rom drives, but I am specifically speaking of 5.25″ floppy drives. There are even 3.5″ floppy-to-USB drives. So no, the search continues.

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