Re: External floppy drive compatibility Toshiba...pinout?


"mike" <spamme9@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a Toshiba 7140CT laptop.
I need to boot it from a floppy drive.
I have a Toshiba PA2652 floppy from an older Toshiba,
but it has a wider connector and won't plug in.
But I do have a cable from an HP floppy
that does plug into the laptop on one end and the floppy ont he other.
Also have an IBM floppy with an attached cable that mates with the
Toshiba laptop.

I'm afraid to power it up.
Is there any chance that the pinout is compatible?
If I had the pinout for the laptop connector, I could check it out
non-destructively.


The safe course here is to assume the pin-out is not the same until you
prove otherwise. As far as those two manufacturers are concerned, it is
most likely that they are not the same.


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