Teac FD-505 Dual Disk Drive Nomenclature

[Michael Kreienberg]

Hello,

someone long in business here?

Until 1996 was with the Teac FD-505 a Combo (Dual)
Floppy Disk Drive available which can handle 3,5" and 5,25"
in one device. There were four model lines existing:
FD505-000, FD505-100, FD505-200 und FD505-300
(http://www.teac.com/DSPD/support/floppy_drives/floppy_drives.htm).

Any ideas what are the differences between these model lines?
And especially any idea what is the difference between
FD-505-309-U, FD-505-300-U. Both have the same brezel color
and I cannot locate a Teac-Nomenclature for that product line
neither in the internet nor in the specs. Teac itself is also not
answering.

Thank you in advance for any hint.

Best Regards
Michael Kreienberg

 

[Arno Wagner]

Hello,

someone long in business here?

Until 1996 was with the Teac FD-505 a Combo (Dual)
Floppy Disk Drive available which can handle 3,5" and 5,25"
in one device. There were four model lines existing:
FD505-000, FD505-100, FD505-200 und FD505-300
(http://www.teac.com/DSPD/support/floppy_drives/floppy_drives.htm).

Any ideas what are the differences between these model lines?
And especially any idea what is the difference between
FD-505-309-U, FD-505-300-U. Both have the same brezel color
and I cannot locate a Teac-Nomenclature for that product line
neither in the internet nor in the specs. Teac itself is also not
answering.

Thank you in advance for any hint.

Best Regards
Michael Kreienberg

If I remember correctly, these were actually two slimline floppies in
one case. Any patricular reason why you need the exact specs of a pice
of historic hardware?

Arno

 

[Franc Zabkar]

Until 1996 was with the Teac FD-505 a Combo (Dual)
Floppy Disk Drive available which can handle 3,5" and 5,25"
in one device. There were four model lines existing:
FD505-000, FD505-100, FD505-200 und FD505-300
(http://www.teac.com/DSPD/support/floppy_drives/floppy_drives.htm).

Any ideas what are the differences between these model lines?

All I've been able to find is that there appears to be a physical
difference between the FD505-000 and the FD505-1xx/2xx/3xx:
http://web.archive.org/web/20060314212627/www.teac.com/DSPD/pdf/5fd0010a.pdf

These documents suggest that "the last three digits denote the color
of the bezel":
http://www.teac.com/DSPD/support/floppy_drives/id_hf_drives.htm
http://www.teac.com/DSPD/support/floppy_drives/fd55gfr_id_your_drive.htm

OTOH, these docs state that "the suffix denotes the series
information":
http://www.teac.com/DSPD/support/floppy_drives/id_hs_models.htm
http://www.teac.com/DSPD/support/floppy_drives/fd235hg_id_your_drive.htm

- Franc Zabkar

 

[Michael Kreienberg]

[F'up to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage]

Hello,

thank you for the informations. But the product-nomenclature
differs from Teac model to model. In the meantime I found out
that FD-505-000/002/052:
- require the large type power connector (5/12V)
- have two blocks of jumpers on the 5.25" drive
- third block of jumpers on the left side of the 34-pin connector
are not to be changed, they will always be used with its default
position.

FD-505-100/200/300:
- have one block of jumpers
- need the small type power connector

Best Regards
Michael Kreienberg

 

[Michael Kreienberg]

Hello,

If I remember correctly, these were actually two slimline
floppies in one case.
exactly.

Any patricular reason why you need the exact specs of a
pice of historic hardware?

Because I am about to buy such a nice toy and if someone
has such a (sauce) "boat"-anchor please drop me a line via
e-mail.

The background: Even in Germany 3.5" and 5.25" floppies
are phased out but there are lots of archives with old medias
and that is the great moment of the historical combo drive.

Best Regards
Michael Kreienberg

 

[Michael Kreienberg]

Hello,

And especially any idea what is the difference between
FD-505-309-U, FD-505-300-U. Both have the same brezel color
and I cannot locate a Teac-Nomenclature for that product line
neither in the internet nor in the specs.

found out: FD-505-309-U is something proprietary and has a
yellow LED instead of green like the FD-505-300-U.

Best Regards
Michael Kreienberg