Hi to everyone!
Well, the problem is that I can not found 20-pin ribbon cable for my G3 mini-tower, even on Ebay. So, I'm wondering if there PC ribbon cables that could be suitable. Or could you just tell me where to buy apple FDD 20-pin ribbon cable?
Peace!
FDD ribbon cable compatibility
May 13, 2008 - 4:14am
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FDD ribbon cable compatibility
I just found the link to cable http://www.recycledgoods.com/item/20086.aspx
but I'm not sure if it's what I need. Cable was made on 1992 but my beige G3 was released on 1997, it could be dangerous to use it, right?
nope... the floppy drive cables were all the same i think.
even the IIgs uses the same floppy cable inside the 3.5" floppy enclosure (actually stuck a Floppy from a LC 631 in it because the old drive died) so, everything is electrically compatible. The only cables I have seen that they switched the connectors on or the actual electrical output on was in the PC world (i.e. like the XT 5.25" and the 3.5" Floppies) or even the 8/12" Floppies (i had one of those at one time)
The last thing I can think of that is a totally weird setup is the PC SuperFloppy that was made by a third-party company that used EIDE.
So yes, All macs use the same floppy cable (well, i can't speak for the 128k/512k
Great! Thanks a lot!