What's inside a ThinkPad 700, et. al., FDD module?

[branpurn]

Would I be able to buy a dead ThinkPad 700 FDD module and extract an IBM proprietary to standard FDD connector...?

...similar to if I buy a dead ThinkPad 700 HDD, I can extract an IBM proprietary to standard 2.5'' IDE laptop HDD connector?

[solidpro]

I have both, but why are you trying to?

The hard drive isn't IDE in a 700C, it's an ESDI drive because the machine is MCA architecture.

btw Imgur doesn't work in the EU/UK. Blocked. Maybe use imgbb or similar?

[RealBlackStuff]

Imgur works fine for me in Ireland.

[branpurn]

I have both, but why are you trying to?

The hard drive isn't IDE in a 700C, it's an ESDI drive because the machine is MCA architecture.

btw Imgur doesn't work in the EU/UK. Blocked. Maybe use imgbb or similar?

Maybe some wackiness with a FDD ribbon extension out the front of my 755C to connect to an FDD emulator

My 755C accepts 2.5'' laptop PATA/IDE drives with the connector extracted from a dead drive

Image is essentially illustrating the FDD module in mind, and an OEM HDD, not very important

[axur-delmeria]

I see two possibilities:

* The proprietary connector is soldered to the floppy drive's main circuit board

* It's a separate board with a 26-pin flex cable most laptop floppy drives have at the other end.

Question:

Does the Thinkpad 700 have a connector for an external floppy drive? If yes, you can hopefully make use of that.

[solidpro]

Imgur works fine for me in Ireland.

https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/article ... ed-Kingdom

RBS EDIT: (no) thank you, Brexit...

[solidpro]

I have both, but why are you trying to?

The hard drive isn't IDE in a 700C, it's an ESDI drive because the machine is MCA architecture.

btw Imgur doesn't work in the EU/UK. Blocked. Maybe use imgbb or similar?

Maybe some wackiness with a FDD ribbon extension out the front of my 755C to connect to an FDD emulator

My 755C accepts 2.5'' laptop PATA/IDE drives with the connector extracted from a dead drive

Image is essentially illustrating the FDD module in mind, and an OEM HDD, not very important

755 is IDE. 700C is not.