Ah, just so we're all on the same page here.... The drive i'm looking for seems to be "extra" special.... mine's got a ribbon cable connecting it to the card edge connector .... same connector as these two pictured drives but slightly different configuration. Apparently the drives shown are compatible, however - https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/images/2009-09-16-broken-ibm-drives.jpg
Mine is like this one - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Floppy_IBM_PS2_M70_back.JPG On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 3:28 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jun 2019, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > > I have to check but I think there is a "regular" 3.5 to PS/2 drive > adapter > > around, someone selling one? IIRC the PS/2's need a power line (or two) > > merged into pin X (?). It may be worth it to investigate the possibility > > of buying or making an adapter as these PS/2 drives are becoming hard to > > find. > > I might not be remembering correctly (un-refreshed wetware), but I thought > that I remembered from 30+ years ago, that PS/2 drive connector consisted > of 40? pins, of which the first 34 were standard? drive pinout, plus the > added pins carried the power. > > If that remembraance is close to correct, then the adapter would consist > of 40 pin connector to 34 plus power. > > > -- Gary G. Sparkes Jr. KB3HAG
