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Webplayer Floppy Drive - Anyone got a how to?

New MessageWebplayer Floppy Drive - Anyone got a how to? (modified 0 times) IHackum2
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I want to add a laptop floppy drive to my webplayer. Does anyone have a how to worked up on what wires go where? I'm pretty handy with a soldering iron, so thats not a problem.

Thanks for any info!

07-12-2002 08:28:55

New MessageRE:Webplayer Floppy Drive - Anyone got a how to? (modified 0 times) TheKid
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K-Ray had some info on this, but his site is down. Maybe if you send him email he can help you.

If you do a search for "floppy drive", one of the results will lead you to his website.


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07-12-2002 09:20:14

New MessageRE:Webplayer Floppy Drive - Anyone got a how to? (modified 0 times) zmoz
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I've heard usb floppy drives work well...
07-12-2002 10:55:00

New MessageRE:Webplayer Floppy Drive - Anyone got a how to? (modified 0 times) mbaha
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Solder a floppy drive header to pad and plug it in!! I am pretty sure that’s it.

Mbaha


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07-12-2002 14:14:19

New MessageRE:Webplayer Floppy Drive - Anyone got a how to? (modified 0 times) im_eguy
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Probably more to it (as there is with the VGA connector)
07-12-2002 14:45:55

New MessageRE:Webplayer Floppy Drive - Anyone got a how to? (modified 0 times) ChocoNutDancer
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I picked up a laptop floppy drive and a laptop cdrom drive to play with
on the WebPlayer. does anyone know if the strange connectors on them
are fairly standard or does each manufacturer/model use something different?
07-12-2002 14:54:03

New MessageRE:Webplayer Floppy Drive - Anyone got a how to? (modified 0 times) icepick72
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After some digging I found most of them are mini centronics 50-pin ATAPI IDE connectors. Ive only been able to find an adapter that plugs into the back of them and converts to a 40 pin header. If anybody else finds something usefull on this please post.

Icepick72

07-15-2002 20:03:54

New MessageRE:Webplayer Floppy Drive - Anyone got a how to? (modified 0 times) BigDog
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As I remember correctly, the webplayer has a 52 pin pad which is the floppy connecter of which only 26 are required, the other 26 are ground or no connection. A few folks actually had the header intact on some Webplayers while most required soldering a header on or cable, the header location is towards the top left corner as you are loking at the webplayer from the back.

The only missing componant is a fuse which can be bypassed to enable it, other than that it's ready to go.

FYI - I am not sure about a 50 pin interface, but most laptop floppy drives have a 26 pin connecters which the webplayer has (actually two rows of 26 but only one side is active, the other I believe is ground). The fuse location is on the back of the board labeled F2 I believe.

see the old post me and kRay posted some time ago... http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=vwgeneral&Post=351

Anybody seen or heard anything from kRay? I know as a fact he is "the man" regarding the Webplayer, I really would like to see hi site back up! His Journel site had the pinouts for all the ports on the Webplayer including where he connected a standard PCI slot adapter to the mini-pci (and got it working!). You might try emailing him at ray@vranken.org which is the last email address I had for him.

07-16-2002 06:26:56

New MessageRE:Webplayer Floppy Drive - Anyone got a how to? (modified 0 times) boosted
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I got a TEAC FD-05HF floppy drive. It doesn't even have pins in the back, it has I think a connector for a ribbin type cable to be plugged in. It seems that Fry's might have the cable. So I'll check it out tomorrow. But I just tried to find a space to mount it internally. It doesn't look like it'll fit. This is a 1/2 inch drive. How are you guys mounting the drive in there? Perhaps some pics too?

-boosted

07-31-2002 02:07:11

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