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  1. Benjamin Sonntag-King (benjamin@piaille.fr)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jan-2025 00:47:37 UTC Benjamin Sonntag-King Benjamin Sonntag-King
    in reply to
    • mcc
    • Foone🏳️‍⚧️

    @mcc @foone
    Also you may have a better luck with a floppy emulator connected to the Compaq (not sure how that could be feasible though)

    someone seemed to have done it before ;)
    https://www.oldsilicon.com/compaq-portable-iii

    In conversation about 5 months ago from piaille.fr permalink

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    1. Compaq Portable III Restoration — OldSilicon.com
      This page walks the reader through the restoration of my Compaq Portable III. It covers the acquisition, the restoration process, battery change, ISA2CF Card, and custom drive bezel.
  2. Benjamin Sonntag-King (benjamin@piaille.fr)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jan-2025 00:47:35 UTC Benjamin Sonntag-King Benjamin Sonntag-King
    in reply to
    • mcc
    • Anatoly Shashkin💾
    • Foone🏳️‍⚧️

    @mcc @foone I'd follow @dosnostalgic idea of using Greaseweazle board to connect any 5.25 floppy drive via USB to be able to write image on the floppies

    hope you'll have fun doing it!

    In conversation about 5 months ago from piaille.fr permalink
  3. Benjamin Sonntag-King (benjamin@piaille.fr)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 23:47:35 UTC Benjamin Sonntag-King Benjamin Sonntag-King
    in reply to
    • mcc
    • Foone🏳️‍⚧️

    @mcc @foone I never saw a 5" floppy to USB hardware, does not really make sense to me :)

    but I found some 5.25" floppy drive on ebay :
    like here https://www.ebay.com/itm/395347047184
    (no 5.25 drive found were cheap :/ )
    and some floppy to usb chip (only, no drive)
    https://aliexpress.com/item/1005002099113145.html
    and finding some cable/ribbon adapter to make the 5.25 drive work with that chip ...

    while going down that rabbit hole I found someone who did it :
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjd2jSHBw7E

    did it help?

    In conversation about 5 months ago from piaille.fr permalink

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    1. TEAC 5.25 Inch Floppy Disc Drive FD-55F-03-U 19307110-03 | eBay
      Type Floppy Disc Drive.
    2. Adaptador de Cable USB de 1,44 MB a 3,5
      Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com
    3. How to build a working external 5.25" USB Floppy Drive
      Converting an external 3,5" USB floppy drive to run a big old 5.25" drive. It should not work in theory, but it actually does work.All it took was a very old...

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    Gérant d'Octopuce, société d'hébergement en logiciel libre, cofondateur de La Quadrature du Net, potagiste, écologiste et allié de luttes. À la maintenance du web militant depuis 1998. ⏚il/he

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