Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

[Charles Lenington]

On 7/22/16 5:24 PM, JackMacWindows wrote:

Hello,
I have an old Power Mac G4 Digital Audio, and I would like to add on a
floppy drive to read

Jack I have some usb zip drives if you need one.

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Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

[Charles Lenington]

On 7/23/16 2:43 PM, Thomas Fritsch wrote:

there is one option.  if you have a PC w/ one.  to read/write Mac
Floppies, you can grab TransMac for it but if teh floppies you have
laying arund are allready in MS-Dos/FAT16 Format, then the point's Moot.

On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 1:04 PM, > wrote:


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Hey guys, can't he use a usb super drive?

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Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

[Thomas Fritsch]

there is one option.  if you have a PC w/ one.  to read/write Mac Floppies,
you can grab TransMac for it but if teh floppies you have laying arund are
allready in MS-Dos/FAT16 Format, then the point's Moot.

On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 1:04 PM,  wrote:

>
> > 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.
>
> Floppy to USB is the best option, if you can find a converter (probably
> from a China or HK eBay store).
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Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

[peterhaas]

> 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.

Floppy to USB is the best option, if you can find a converter (probably
from a China or HK eBay store).



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Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

[JackMacWindows]

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. 
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Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

[Jerry Kemp]

As a previous poster already commented, USB floppy drives are the way to go.

And to carry on, As the Apple world frequently chooses to disregard or forget 
its glorious past, here is the WayBack Machine archive of the USB floppy drive 
raid system on a Bondi Blue iMac.




enjoy,

Jerry


On 07/22/16 05:24 PM, JackMacWindows 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? I did not get this
Mac with a Zip drive, so I do not have anything to replace in the 3.5" bay.
Note that I have a budget of $25 on this floppy drive project.
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.
Thanks,
Jack



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