Re: The PacMan ATX Computer Case - cleaning and painting
IIRC the 8" floppies used a 50-pin card edge connector, but still is "standard" and could be adapted to the typical 34-pin. The DB37 attests to that, not all 50 pins are used.
I also will have to disagree, I thought the 3½" floppies were more reliable than 5¼" probably due to enclosed cartridge that were difficult to fold. I'd imagine all floppy drives used a sliding head system, though 3½" drives tend to invariably use a leadscrew type much like compact disk. 5¼" drives however are a mixture from leadscrew to rack and pinion type head movement. 8" drives tend to always be rack and pinion type.
Similarly 3½" drives used direct drive motors, and 5¼" drives were a mixture of direct and belt driven. 8" drives seem invariably belt driven.
The 8" floppies I was terrified to use as these were really unreliable IMHO, they got dirty easily and scraped up the media like mad. The motors are really torquey and strip through anything.
IIRC the 8" floppies used a 50-pin card edge connector, but still is "standard" and could be adapted to the typical 34-pin. The DB37 attests to that, not all 50 pins are used.
I also will have to disagree, I thought the 3½" floppies were more reliable than 5¼" probably due to enclosed cartridge that were difficult to fold. I'd imagine all floppy drives used a sliding head system, though 3½" drives tend to invariably use a leadscrew type much like compact disk. 5¼" drives however are a mixture from leadscrew to rack and pinion type head movement. 8" drives tend to always be rack and pinion type.
Similarly 3½" drives used direct drive motors, and 5¼" drives were a mixture of direct and belt driven. 8" drives seem invariably belt driven.
The 8" floppies I was terrified to use as these were really unreliable IMHO, they got dirty easily and scraped up the media like mad. The motors are really torquey and strip through anything.
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