On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, Shane Norris wrote: > Hi all, > does anybody know if laptop slim line floppy drives are standardized > connection wise? Where would one find the pin outs? The drive in > question is a Teac fd-05hg with 26 pins, > thanks > Shane. What sort of computer did this drive come from? I've just started on my first wearable, starting from a cut-down and repackaged Thinkpad 360. Guess what... It's floppy drive is a Teac FD-05HG. The floppy drive in my Toshiba T1000SE (we've heard that sound before :) also has a 26 pin flexible cable connector, but on a larger pitch. I really don't have any idea what the pinouts are, and I don't really have a reason at this point to check it out properly, but I have a theory. :) I _suspect_ the pinout to be similar to the standard desktop drives, but with the pins not pertaining to just a single drive removed. i.e. The reserved pins, Drive select 1, and the Motor enable pins (aka Drive select 2 and 3) and their associated grounds. That leaves us with 26 pins. We still need to get power to the drive, and we don't nescessarily need the index pin (do we? I know the drive doesn't have a sensor, but it might be simulated) but I think the power is split among th usual ground wires. Curiosity demands further investigation. I'll get back to you if I get around to checking things :) -Josh Mayo. (Everything with a Grin :) -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org
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