5.25" USB drive - can't modify a Teac 3.5"

[Robert Stek]

As has been griped about in the past, I went on an all out google search for
a 5.25" drive married to a USB adapter.  Thought I almost had one when I saw
a picture on the Teac website of what turned out to be a USB to IDE adapter
they sell.  I contacted them anyway and inquired about hacking their 3.5"
USB drive.  Their reply:

 

Hello Robert,

Unfortunately, TEAC did not make an adapter to convert a standard 5.25"
floppy drive to USB interface.  There is no solution that we can offer you.

 

The USB 3.5" floppy drives can not be dismantled as these don't have a USB
adapter, instead the USB chip is already built-in its main PCBA.  Therefore,
there is no single part that can be used to convert a 5.25" drive into a USB
interface drive.    

 

You may want to search online; perhaps another company offers a conversion
kit for a 5.25" drive.

 

 

Regretfully,

 

Mario Gomez

Customer Support Manager

Data Storage Prod. Division 

TEAC America, Inc.

 

 

Ah, well.  Looks like if it can happen at all, it would have to be
home-brewed.

 

Bob Stek

Saver of Lost Sols