lohia@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Shri Lohia) (03/10/90)
I am interested in building an external Floppy Disk Drive system for Toshiba laptop 5200. Toshiba has an external 25 pin connector labelled "FDD/PRT". There is a 2 way switch next to it to select one of these two. If I build my Floppy Drive with power supply, Can I just connect a cable between the edge connector of the drive to Toshiba. Then, what is the pin lay out on the Toshiba's 25 pin connector. Is it just a matter of making a right cable or is it more than that? If There is a separate group to talk about Toshiba Laptop compter, which I do not know, please let me know. Some ext FD manufacturer wish to sell a custom ext FD for each Laptop and I certainly dont want to buy it. Thanks -Shri