I also have the same NEC UF0002 (same part number and code). It reads fine 720Kb floppies, although I haven't tried to write them.
I wonder why nobody made a USB to floppy converter... all USB floppies I've found have the USB part embedded into the floppy board.
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Zup wrote on 2021-03-30, 13:49:I also have the same NEC UF0002 (same part number and code). It reads fine 720Kb floppies, although I haven't tried to write them.
I wonder why nobody made a USB to floppy converter... all USB floppies I've found have the USB part embedded into the floppy board.
Most of the USB floppy drives you can buy on aliexpress are of the kind that have a USB to fdd interface and a 'standard' 26pad flatcable half height laptop floppy drive
The separately sold usb to 34pin convertors... I bought one and it doesn't do 720K drives. no read nor write.
Is there somewhere an easy to build, direct drive letter, USB arduino or stm or microchip or... to FDD board ?
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Tiido wrote on 2021-03-30, 13:54:There are converter boards sold on ebay that connect between USB and standard floppy drive.
If only there was an affordable one that supported 5.25" drives.
cyclone3d wrote on 2021-03-30, 16:19:Tiido wrote on 2021-03-30, 13:54:There are converter boards sold on ebay that connect between USB and standard floppy drive.
If only there was an affordable one that supported 5.25" drives.
sad the usb drivers don't have support for the 5"25 ones..
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Zup wrote on 2021-03-30, 13:49:I also have the same NEC UF0002 (same part number and code). It reads fine 720Kb floppies, although I haven't tried to write them.
I wonder why nobody made a USB to floppy converter... all USB floppies I've found have the USB part embedded into the floppy board.
Thanks ! My Dell ones are Labeled "Dell UF0002" with HW ID: USBSTOR\SFloppyNEC_____USB_UF000x______1.50 and NEC_____USB_UF000x______1
and it cannot read any 720k. What exact Hardware ID shows up under Device Manager for yours ?
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Horun wrote on 2021-03-30, 21:49:Thanks ! My Dell ones are Labeled "Dell UF0002" with HW ID: USBSTOR\SFloppyNEC_____USB_UF000x______1.50 and NEC_____USB_UF000x______1
and it cannot read any 720k. What exact Hardware ID shows up under Device Manager for yours ?
USBSTOR\SFloppyNEC_____USB_UF000x______1.60
USBSTOR\NEC_____USB_UF000x______1
Although (probably) your drive is the real thing, kleep in mind that is very easy to find chinese drives that fake/mimic other drives (using the same drivers or using fake names on their own drivers).
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Sorry for necro post but those mentioning the TEAC FD-05PUB that can read/write 720k, those internal parts may also support a 5.25" 1.2Mb drive IF you could adapt one to the controller board.
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an LS-120 on a USB->IDE adapter/enclosure might do?
They explicitly support 720k disks, and are a lot faster than a traditional floppy drive.
