2 x 5.5" Floppy dirves!!

[gaz_the_chav]

I have 2 x 5.5" floppy diskette drives

Anyone wants them all you need to pay for is the shipping (UK only please!)

[Razors Edge]

mmmhmm, not to be Johnny Raincloud but, I doubt you'll sell these.

I'm not sure about the UK, but in the US, NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE uses floppys anymore, there called USB Mass Storage Devices.

Sorry, but this is just a heads-up.

[tybrenis]

That post was unnecessary, Razor. I actually just purchased a few of the large 5.5" floppy drives, they not only have decent stepper motors in them, but they also have a rare circuit and a discontinued chip on their board. They are very useful in driving CNC machines, robots, etc.

[Razors Edge]

well...

sorry, but this is just a heads-up.

[gaz_the_chav]

why comment if you don't want them razor and if you are read the comment first

1)I was not selling them someone can have them free if they want
2)Some one might want them
3)

(UK only please!)

And sorry guys if you did want them but I am going to use them on my new project

[MitaPi]

They are very useful in driving CNC machines, robots, etc.

Ha, Thats actually pretty cool! I didnt know that. Learn something new every day ^^

One man's junk is another mans treasure

EDIT:
Oh yeah I forgot to mention, I still use these from time to time to transfer documentations that I dont want anyone else to be able to access. It seems most people I know dont even remember what a floppy disk is! If only they held more... eh oh well! They are CHEAP as all can be!

[gaz_the_chav]

lol I have got the two motors out of the two i had and i am going to hopefully use the to lift **cough** something **cough** up (I ma giving no hints out!) and I was wondering tybrenis can you please (or anyone) tell me which wire is which. I have 4 different colours - yellow, green, red and blue.

Thanks guys!

[Airbozo]

Ha, Thats actually pretty cool! I didnt know that. Learn something new every day ^^

One man's junk is another mans treasure

EDIT:
Oh yeah I forgot to mention, I still use these from time to time to transfer documentations that I dont want anyone else to be able to access. It seems most people I know dont even remember what a floppy disk is! If only they held more... eh oh well! They are CHEAP as all can be!

You probably do not use the 5.25 versions as they have not been used in PC's for quite some time.

Interesting note: On one of my first jobs, I was responsible for replacing the heads and motors in the 5.25" floppy drives and calibrating them. It was actually cheaper than buying a new one. Same with the 3.5" drives. Now they can be had for less than a 10 spot...

[gaz_the_chav]

trust me that wiring is mad you do not want to even try and wire that in to a computer these days lol

[tybrenis]

http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ih/doc/stepper/others/

That page has some links for your specific motors on the bottom of the page. They are simply stepper motors, usually bipolar if they have only 4 wires. They are very simple to drive through a parallel port on your computer.

http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ih/doc/step...2/connect.html