Ole Juul
Veteran Member
Indeed, this is one of the reasons I am here. The level of expertise available is amazing, especially on such esoteric matters as nylon thumbscrews (ouch!) and how to pilot an 8" drive through a storm in December. :D
Pshaw! Practically the same as a 5 1/4HD drive with just a couple of little wrinkles.... let alone the complexities of getting one [8" drive] to work. (sigh) Forget that then.
Pshaw! Practically the same as a 5 1/4HD drive with just a couple of little wrinkles.
Mike is right, however.
Most of the drives I've seen for sale have a bundle of snipped wires. I assume they are the power supply connection. That's probably easy to figure out, but the form factor and construction details of a computer will be a little more involved if you have to accommodate a second power supply in the whole thing. IOW, you can't just connect an 8" drive like you would a 5 1/4. You have to first find or build a 24 volt source. I am quite capable of doing this, but you can't compare that to just plugging in a 5 1/4.
Well, as with most things these days there are several good articles on the web describing how to interface an 8" drive to a PC; I think Chuck and I just wanted to point out that it's not the big deal that some people think it is if you actually wanted to hook one up.Chuck,
I don't doubt that Mike is right. However, to some of us w/ a bit of less EE training then the rest those wrinkles could be quite cumbersome!
Ali,
I think I've still got a few of the nickel ones. What's the easiest way to get them to you?
Found only one thus far, but I'm not through looking yet.