Be careful! The conductor side at the flexfoil connector can vary.
Pin | Pin Name |
Description |
1 | VCC | VCC +5V |
2 | /INDEX | Index |
3 | VCC | VCC +5V |
4 | /DRVS | Drive Sel |
5 | VCC | VCC +5V |
6 | /DSKCHG | Disk Change |
7 | RES | Reserved |
8 | READY | used only in older drives. In newer drives N/C. |
9 | MEDIA | used only in older drives. In newer drives N/C. |
10 | /MOTE | Motor Enable |
11 | /REDWC | Density Select |
12 | /DIR | Direction |
13 | RES | Reserved (Inuse) |
14 | /STEP | Step |
15 | GND | Ground |
16 | /WDATE | Write Data |
17 | GND | Ground |
18 | /WGATE | Write Gate |
19 | GND | Ground |
20 | /TRK00 | Track00 |
21 | GND | Ground |
22 | /WPT | Write Protect |
23 | GND | Ground |
24 | /RDATA | Read Data |
25 | GND | Ground |
26 | /SIDE1 | Side 1 Select |
Not for Toshiba's Citizen 26 pins floppy drives.
Put 1K pullup resistors on pins 8 and 9, if new drive does not provide signals for these and the laptop apparently needs them.