Greetings Everyone!
i require help from all you vintage Mac gurus out there. I have a Old World Beige Power Macintosh that has a Panasonic JU-268A016C floppy drive. I have other external floppy drive that can read most 3.5in disks. However, the Panasonic drive made for Mac is the only drive I've found that will read Mac-formatted double-sided, double-density disks. My beige tower died - (I replaced the PRAM and checked the power supply with a multimeter and they are both fine so I assume it's a logic board failure) - so I removed the Panasonic floppy drive from its bay and I am hoping to convert it to an external usb drive that I can connect to my New World G3 that is still operational. The problem is these Panasonic drives have one connection (the 20 pin ribbon cable that connects to the motherboard). I've searched for female 20-pin to male usb adapters but I haven't have any luck. Does any one have any daisy-chaining suggestions or any suggestions at all for the best way to do this, or if this possible, or places to get the right adapter?
Any help is appreciated!
i require help from all you vintage Mac gurus out there. I have a Old World Beige Power Macintosh that has a Panasonic JU-268A016C floppy drive. I have other external floppy drive that can read most 3.5in disks. However, the Panasonic drive made for Mac is the only drive I've found that will read Mac-formatted double-sided, double-density disks. My beige tower died - (I replaced the PRAM and checked the power supply with a multimeter and they are both fine so I assume it's a logic board failure) - so I removed the Panasonic floppy drive from its bay and I am hoping to convert it to an external usb drive that I can connect to my New World G3 that is still operational. The problem is these Panasonic drives have one connection (the 20 pin ribbon cable that connects to the motherboard). I've searched for female 20-pin to male usb adapters but I haven't have any luck. Does any one have any daisy-chaining suggestions or any suggestions at all for the best way to do this, or if this possible, or places to get the right adapter?
Any help is appreciated!