Lifehacker article http://lifehacker.com/5945693/retro-apple-floppy-drive-as-hdd-enclosure this interesting Retro Hardware idea of using old External Floppy Drive as external enclosure for HDD or SSD.
Guide for project, by johnmueller, here http://www.instructables.com/id/Vintage-Apple-External-Floppy-Drive-as-a-USB-HD-En/
Slick project, I like the cut down floppy disk, nice touch.
Also makes me think that you could, at least with some external floppy drive/HDD combinations maybe fit a full floppy in, would add a nice bit of security by obscurity for some important files.
Seeing an old floppy drive that didn't seem to work wouldn't lead most people to suspect a HDD inside.
I guess I could have also made the floppy slot into a card reader but I don't even use my SD cards anymore!
ReplyDeleteThat would have been very cool!
ReplyDeleteLOL about SD card, but you could have then used a SD Card Reader for Micro SD card I suppose :)