Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] floppy disk reader ?

hi. floppy media deteriourate thru time. i just threw
out all mine. they were about 10 years or older and of
the heap i managed to find only a few that were
formattable even.
therefore they all went in the trash so as not to
distract me from things more winnable. i got cf cards
nowadays anyway.
As for floppy drive parts... the reading stuff is so
crude i go for a hd fo real parts there. only the
little motor is worth having out of the floppy drives
that i can use..
i guess i'm suggesting to run away rather than dive
in...lol
--- turbulatordude <dave_mucha@...> wrote:

> hi all,
>
> I have about 1,000 floppies in the closet and boxes
> and such and want
> to get rid of them.
>
> I was thinking about taking a floppy drive and
> making a small machine
> that would insert a floppy and then copy it, then
> eject it.
>
> 3 eject piles, good, bad disk, and did not insert
> disk.
>
> I have searched for anything that can do this and
> came up empty.
>
> any suggestions on things to watch out for ?
>
> Anyone know if there are any software gotch-ya's on
> errors from a bad
> disk ?
>
> I am pretty sure I can connect the disk present
> sensor to the parallel
> port to signal the start.
>
> any suggestions are welcome.
>
> Dave
>
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