[billybobsky]

So... Novites. Novinios. Novans, baby...

I can't find anywhere online that sells 5.25 inch floppy disk drives. I NEED one. Preferably external.

Is there anyone maintaining vintage hardware that happens to know a good source?

[709]

What machine are you hooking it to? Would something like this work? (note that that cable isn't SCSI)

What in the hell are you doing over there?

[billybobsky]

Old school e-porn...








No, actually getting data off of 1970s EPR...

[billybobsky]

I will be attempting to connect the device to a modern computer...

[Fahrenheit]

A common misconception is that a Macintosh can use 5.25" floppy disks. Some have seen these drives sitting next to Macs and attempted to load a disk into it, only to find it does not read in the standard Macintosh system. The Apple IIe card is usually responsible for the presence of a 5.25" floppy drive. With the majority of Apple II software on these disks, most who wish to emulate an Apple IIe on an LC series machine need to keep one of these drives handy. A dual connector attaches to the Apple IIe card allows for the connection of this drive (as well as a joystick). The Apple 5.25" drive and UniDisk 5.25" drives both work with the card. Disk II drives and Disk III drives do not plug into this socket, but the Disk IIc, similar to the UniDisk 5.25" drive, will probably work. The DuoDisk 5.25" appears to be unsupported. Another source of 5.25" drives, although somewhat uncommon, is the PC card. Sold in the late 1980s, this plugged into SEs and IIs and allowed for the use of one 5.25" disk in PC emulation. Apple sold a drive called the PC Drive, complete with the lever commonplace on IBM drives, specifically for this purpose.

I found this on lowendmac. I don't really understand it but you might.