QUESTION: I have a number of slim floppy drives on site which I would like to upgrade to your product using USB. The drives I have installed are a slim TEAC model FD-05HF. I have a couple of questions, what are the rear connections on this unit? Are they directly compatible? Is this unit identical in size?
ANSWER: As we mentioned before that the big issue with the FD-05HF is the FFC/FPC type ribbon cable on the back, that it may be placed backwards in the socket incorrectly. The machine may also require a reversed type of FFC ribbon cable, where the silver fingers on the ends are on the bottom of the ribbon instead of on the top (or vice versa).
Basically pin 1 on the motherboard has to correspond to pin 1 on the USB replacement, AND the sockets have to actually contact the ribbons as they may expect the silver fingers on the other side. Sockets may be purchased to do either way, touch the silver fingers on one side, or the other side.
Otherwise its the same size and shape and everything.
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