5.25 Floppy - In Commercial USB case ?

[Real Name]

Hi,

I KNOW that there is a
manufacturer, that makes a USB case,
for 5.25" floppy drives, because I ran
across a manufacturer's product list,
some years ago, that included them !

But, that was then, and this is
now; and I can't find them, now.

So - how would I go about making
an adapter (Sheet metal ?), that will
make a standard 5.25" floppy drive, fit
into the usual non-standard-commercial
5.25" USB case; and leave room, for an
adapter card, for the interface, and an
adapter pigtail, for the power supply ?

Suggestions ?

Thanks,
Ken .

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You may wish to contact an electronics manufacturer
in China or Taiwan.

 

[D.Currie]

The enclosure is the least of your worries -- that's just a box to keep the
parts from spilling all over your desk. You can use pretty much anything,
depending on what you have and what you're good at working with. Duct tape
comes to mind.

You might have more difficulty finding an adapter that will allow a 5 1/4
drive interface with USB, and there might be software issues in getting that
drive recognized by the OS, so you might end up having to write your own
drivers to get it to work.

 

[Fitz]

Google turns up a bunch of hits.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=5.25+USB+floppy

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[Real Name]

Hi,

I tried installing a 5.25" in my
computer case, and it would run, but
just when I started getting serious
about reclaiming my backups, the derned
thing got unreliable, and finally just
stopped.

I've got a dozen drives laying
around; and I tried them all, but
there's something about WinXP, or maybe
it's just my MB/box, that goes flakey,
running the old drives.

(I just glanced at it, and there's
still a 5.25 sitting there, but I
un-cable'd it, a long time ago.)

Y'no, no corporation could do it;
but some hacker, could make a lot of
coffee money, adapting modern USB cases
to run a 5.25" floppy.

Say, maybe I could look for dead
extruded-aluminum cases, and angle
aluminum them together, for length, and
crimp an adapter from IDE to LS120.

It's not un-do-able ...

Ken .