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Re: by branon on Thursday February 02, 2023 @07:52PM (#34635646)
The greaseweazle still looks like a connector for an existing 5.25" drive, is there any hardware you know of that replicates the drive itself?
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Re: by efreak on Saturday February 04, 2023 @05:35PM (#34659144)
> The greaseweazle still looks like a connector for an existing 5.25" drive

That's because it connects to an existing 5.25" drive

> is there any hardware you know of that replicates the drive itself?

Why would you build a device to emulate a device that already exists, when all you need to do is communicate with it?

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Re: by branon on Monday February 06, 2023 @09:18AM (#34677559)
Because nobody's made new 5.25" drives for decades and eventually they will all be gone?

I don't want to have to buy used gear off eBay, and wouldn't need to for 3.5" disks or drives - you can actually find people producing new stock.

Why doesn't 5.25" hardware get the same treatment?

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