Sombody pls help, I am building an new “old” pc and I am trying to convert a Zip drive to it, I need to know what type of ide cable this is?

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  • Ethan_Haacke
    PCHF Member
    • Jan 2025
    • 1

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    Sombody pls help, I am building an new “old” pc and I am trying to convert a Zip drive to it, I need to know what type of ide cable this is?

    [ATTACH type=“full” size=“3120x4160”]15166[/ATTACH][ATTACH type=“full” size=“3120x4160”]15167[/ATTACH][ATTACH type=“full” size=“3120x4160”]15165[/ATTACH]
  • PeterOz
    PCHF Member
    • Mar 2021
    • 4191

    #2
    Ide cables have 2 eds.
    What does the other end look like?

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    • Bruce
      PCHF Moderator
      • Oct 2017
      • 10702

      #3
      Is this your unit?

      [ATTACH type=“full” alt=“1738274115479.webp”]15168[/ATTACH]

      If so, seems to be a normal floppy drive, but I do recall my Zip drive did look like a floppy but had other labels to indicate it could handle to much higher capacity Zip disks.
      Zip drives could read floppies but a floppy drive can’t read the 100MB Zip disks.
      Are you sure it’s a Zip drive?
      Plus, does your motherboard have an IDE slot?
      And do you have Zip disks?

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      • veeg
        PCHF Director
        • Jul 2016
        • 8982

        #4
        Any updates ?

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        • Bruce
          PCHF Moderator
          • Oct 2017
          • 10702

          #5
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