First post, by AntiRevisionism
I am planning on putting together a modern Zen 3 system using an new-old stock ATX case from the mid 90s.
I would like to to add support for a few internal retro drives, mainly:
-ZIP (100MB)
-3.5 Floppy
-5.25 Floppy (probably 1.2MB variety)
The goal is to allow the system to read and write media from these drives. Boot support is not needed. The drives do not need to be always powered on.
Any suggestions on what my options are for connecting these kinds of drives to a modern system?
-ZIP Drive seems fairly easy - use a PCIE IDE controller card and connect it directly.
-3.5 Floppy - connect to some sort of USB adapter and then connect via USB internally or externally? Use an LS-120 drive + PCIE IDE controller card instead?
-5.25 Floppy - this one seems the toughest. All the solutions I've found thus far seem to be for reading, not writing.