ABOUT FLOPPY DRIVE ON G3 BLUEWHITE AND G4 GREY

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ABOUT FLOPPY DRIVE ON G3 BLUEWHITE AND G4 GREY

Can I install a mounted floppy drive in a G3 BLUEWHITE OS X
and in a G4 grey OS 8.5.1

Posted on Nov 6, 2005 10:35 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 6, 2005 1:44 PM in response to Frank Van Sandt

The lower slot in a B&W or an early G4 intended for a Zip drive. If you can get an internal floppy that has the same dimensions, there is no reason it would not fit. You might have trouble finding a faceplate, however.

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Answer 2

Nov 6, 2005 4:04 PM in response to Hussein-New-York

Thank you for your feedback.
But is the cable in the G3 and/or G4 suitable for a floppy drive?

Regards

Frank

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Answer 3

Nov 6, 2005 5:02 PM in response to Frank Van Sandt

Internal Floppy Drives use the same standard iDE/ATAPI connection as any optical drive or magnetic drive...

But why use such a low capacity unreliable storage device?

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Answer 4

Nov 14, 2005 10:08 PM in response to Frank Van Sandt

Conjecture and Rumor follow...........

G3 and G4 powermacs upto Quicksilver have solderpads on the mother board for an 20 pin connector that would seem to be an internal floppy interface. While the low level hardware to support a floppy seems to exist it is doubtful that a floppy driver was ever written to support it. This conjecture is based on the knowledge that these same pads were on the first iMacs and could be uses to support a floppy drive, but remember an iMac is not a PowerMac so while the modification worked on the one it may not work on the other.

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