Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

On 7/23/16 4:43 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: 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. Do you have a SCSI card in that DA? Use of a SCSI zip

Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

> > 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. > > I am aware there is no floppy connector on the motherboard, but I wanted to > know if there is a cheap way to

Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

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. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4,

Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

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,

Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

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

Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

> 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). -- -- You

Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

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

Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

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.

Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

>> 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

Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

> 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

Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

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