I am aware there is no floppy connector on the motherboard, but I wanted to know if there is a cheap way to convert to IDE or add a floppy controller card via PCI.
On Friday, July 22, 2016 at 8:06:48 PM UTC-4, Cameron Kaiser wrote: > > > Hello, > > I have an old Power Mac G4 Digital Audio, and I would like to add on a > > floppy drive to read floppy disks I may find floating around. So I > > purchased a floppy drive on eBay, but I realized that it has a normal > > floppy drive connector. Is there any way I could connect this drive to > my > > G4 without buying a new drive or making this external? > > No. There is no connector on the board for a "normal" floppy. I've seen > some folks shoehorn it into a USB enclosure in one of the 5.25" bays and > connect that up, however. > > > Also, if I can get this working, is there anywhere I could get a Zip > drive > > bezel? I would not like to have to a) drill into my blank bezel, or b) > have > > no bezel on. > > Regrettably, probably only from another Mac of the same model. > > -- > ------------------------------------ personal: > http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- > Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * > cka...@floodgap.com <javascript:> > -- Born free. Taxed to death. > ------------------------------------------------- > -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
