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September 3rd 07, 11:30 PM
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Floppy emulator/flash adaptor
Are there any commercial adaptors that would replace a floppy drive with
some type of flash storage (sd, mmc, thumb drive)? To the host, this would have to look just like the floppy drive it replaced, but use different media. The reason I ask is there are many old but useful embedded systems which have only the floppy for storage but no other interfaces (no IDE or USB). 
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September 4th 07, 10:55 AM
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Floppy emulator/flash adaptor
tns1 wrote:
Are there any commercial adaptors that would replace a floppy drive with some type of flash storage (sd, mmc, thumb drive)? To the host, this would have to look just like the floppy drive it replaced, but use different media. The reason I ask is there are many old but useful embedded systems which have only the floppy for storage but no other interfaces (no IDE or USB). People in comp.arch.embedded might be able to help.
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September 20th 07, 12:38 AM
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Floppy emulator/flash adaptor
tns1 wrote:
Are there any commercial adaptors that would replace a floppy drive with some type of flash storage (sd, mmc, thumb drive)? To the host, this would have to look just like the floppy drive it replaced, but use different media. The reason I ask is there are many old but useful embedded systems which have only the floppy for storage but no other interfaces (no IDE or USB). I bought a Compact Flash IDE converter. This device actually has the IDE plug on it. You plug it in, and it will allow a CF card to behave like a hard drive. It is an embedded product, meant to replace spinning hard drives. Addonics sells one, but I found mine cheaper online: http://www.addonics.com/products/fla...ad44midecf.asp So why use a floppy, when you can use this device as a Hard Drive. There are utilities to make an embedded bootable drive. Most will be Linux, or FREEDOS based. Hope that helps!!
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September 20th 07, 06:47 AM
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Floppy emulator/flash adaptor
"The Computer Dood" wrote in message ... tns1 wrote: The reason I ask is there are many old but useful embedded systems which have only the floppy for storage but no other interfaces (no IDE or USB). I bought a Compact Flash IDE converter. This device actually has the IDE plug on it. You plug it in, and it will allow a CF card to behave like a hard drive. It is an embedded product, meant to replace spinning hard drives. Addonics sells one, but I found mine cheaper online: http://www.addonics.com/products/fla...ad44midecf.asp So why use a floppy, when you can use this device as a Hard Drive. There are utilities to make an embedded bootable drive. Most will be Linux, or FREEDOS based. Hope that helps!! I doubt it, as the OP clearly describes that his embedded system does not have an IDE connector. Rob
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