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Technical Help & Discussion => General Tech Discussion, News & Q&A => Topic started by: Clive on November 15, 2010, 14:54

Title: Turning a USB stick into a 3.5" diskette
Post by: Clive on November 15, 2010, 14:54

The pictures say it all, really. Hardware hacker Charles Mangin this weekend posted the results of his attempt to slot the innards from a USB Flash drive into an old 3.5in floppy disk case - well, two of them, to be precise, the original casing not being quite thick enough for the cable and connector.


http://www.reghardware.com/2010/11/15/diskette_usb_drive_hack/

Title: Re: Turning a USB stick into a 3.5" diskette
Post by: Rik on November 15, 2010, 16:26

And this gained what, exactly?  :dunno:

Title: Re: Turning a USB stick into a 3.5" diskette
Post by: Clive on November 15, 2010, 20:53

 :hee-hee:

Title: Re: Turning a USB stick into a 3.5" diskette
Post by: Simon on November 15, 2010, 21:15

Too much time on his hands.  :)

Title: Re: Turning a USB stick into a 3.5" diskette
Post by: sam on November 16, 2010, 00:15

looks like it would be rather awkward to plug in

Title: Re: Turning a USB stick into a 3.5" diskette
Post by: Simon on November 16, 2010, 09:43

;D

Title: Re: Turning a USB stick into a 3.5" diskette
Post by: daveeb on November 16, 2010, 10:31

I bet he has a fantastic social life  ;D

Title: Re: Turning a USB stick into a 3.5" diskette
Post by: Rik on November 16, 2010, 11:23

Well, he certainly seem to live in fantasy land.