I have a question about those enclosures that house IDE devices...

[Kaieye]

Has anyone mounted an LS-120 superfloppy drive to a USB/Firewire connection enclosure?? And if you did, how did it work?? I know you can do hard drives or CDRW burners...

 

[Zim Hosein]

Kaieye, isn't the ribbon connector for an LS-120 S/F different than a standard IDE connection?

 

[ChrisIsBored]

I thought the LS-120's used a floppy cable????

 

[Zim Hosein]

<< I thought the LS-120's used a floppy cable???? >>


That's what I was getting at chrisisbored, but I wasn't 100% sure till you posted.

 

[GrouchTheSlayer]

they use a standard ide connection.. i have a brand new one for sale actually 🙂

 

[Zim Hosein]

<< they use a standard ide connection.. i have a brand new one for sale actually >>


Then how come "they" are billed as a "floppy replacement?" If they are a "floppy replacement," then they would not use a standard IDE connection, but rather a floppy connection GrouchTheSlayer. Please correct me if I am incorrect. Thanks for your time.

 

[Elledan]

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<< they use a standard ide connection.. i have a brand new one for sale actually >>


Then how come "they" are billed as a "floppy replacement?" If they are a "floppy replacement," then they would not use a standard IDE connection, but rather a floppy connection GrouchTheSlayer. Please correct me if I am incorrect. Thanks for your time. >>


They are billed as floppy replacements because they can read and write normal floppydisks. This has nothing to do with the connection.

 

[ElFenix]

i think they used to, if they don't now, have floppy connection as well as the IDE connection on there. but i could be wrong.

 

[Kaieye]

Has anyone heard of a Superfloppy being used sucessfully this way mounted and used in a IDE enclosure???

 

[Elledan]

<< Has anyone heard of a Superfloppy being used sucessfully this way mounted and used in a IDE enclosure??? >>

If LS-120 drives have an IDE connection, then you won't have any problems fitting and using it in an IDE enclosure.