Floppy Connector

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20 mm D shell

Floppy cable connector - ThinkPad side (365XD) - width: 20mm
  • ThinkPad 365XD (seems to be the same like i.e. 770, but a little bigger)

17 mm D shell, 26 pin

Floppy cable connector - ThinkPad side (770) - width: 17mm

By year 2000, IBM made this their standard exteral floppy connector.

Models featuring this Technology

beware identical Toshiba

Toshiba used a same connector as IBM (17 mm 26 pin). Like ThinkPad parts, they are abundant in secondhand market. I wonder if they are compatible; I did not test, myself. I found only one user report (IBM floppy with Toshiba PC), and that user reports failure, not compatible. How unfortunate, IBM and Toshiba did not choose identical wiring plan.--Numeric (talk) 19:31, 30 July 2015 (CEST)

parallel port


UNSORTED

many connectors : 17 mm, 20, parallel, drive side 21, ultrabay Ray Kawakami : IBM 600X vs 365XD Floppy Connectors discussion, R Kawakami participates

Part numbers

  • P/N: 83H6276
  • FRU P/N: 12J0432, 12J1711, 39F2077
Floppy cable connector - drive side

Models featuring this Technology

"The FRU is 05K8827.", Davemci, forum.thinkpads.com
"The external floppy is FRU 10H4056 or IBM P/N 10H3980. The cable for the flop looks like a mini SCSI (external) connector with 36 gold contacts. The width of the connector is approx 1".", Bob Collins, forum.thinkpads.com
"part number 66G5069. It's one that works only on 760* and 765*", whizkid, forum.thinkpads.com
FRU P/N: 66G5069, P/N: 66G3696, FCC ID: ANO66G3696, (blue 8beam IBM logo) 'Manufactured by IBM LTD' 'Made in Japan'

Docks and Port Replicators featuring this Technology

NOTE!
These devices only feature pass-through functionality, the actual Floppy Controller logic needs to reside in the ThinkPad for the port to work
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