Questions tagged [floppy-drive]

Floppy drives and accessing floppy disks from historical computers, ranging from 8″ down to 3.25″ and other non-standard sizes.

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Connecting old Floppy Drive to modern computer

I need a way to write on floppy disks from my modern PC (motherboard GIGABYTE z730p). I own a Panasonic JU-257A606P I took from an old machine of mine, and before buying a USB floppy drive I wanted to give it a try. Is there some kind of adapter…
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Was the WD1761 series binned FD1791's, or an entirely separate line?

I am wondering if anyone out there is familiar enough with the FD179x series floppy controllers to comment on whether they were simply binned FD179x's, or a separate line entirely? It seems the only difference is the supported clock rate?
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