topic Re: problems connecting an external a-drive in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108840#M35586 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It looks like a parallel connection. Do you have a similar looking port on your machine - printers commonly used this before the advent of USB.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:36:56 GMT tellingd 2004-09-21T15:36:56Z problems connecting an external a-drive https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108835#M35581 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>guys just purchased a secondhand floppy drive for my pcv-v1 the drive in question is model number - PCGA-FD5 i was lead to believe it was a usb affair its not!<BR /><BR />need a cable to connect it to my pc any suggestions?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 21 Sep 2004 09:04:44 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108835#M35581 gshayer 2004-09-21T09:04:44Z Re: problems connecting an external a-drive https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108836#M35582 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Since you have a PCV-V1 you're going to have to connect it via one of your usb ports.<BR /><BR />I'm assuming the floppy drive is either a parallel or serial type connection.<BR /><BR />You can get Serial-USB and Parallel-USB cables. Just do a search on google.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:10:49 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108836#M35582 v23 2004-09-21T11:10:49Z Re: problems connecting an external a-drive https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108837#M35583 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hi<BR /><BR /> what do you mean serial or parallel type connection?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:06:31 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108837#M35583 gshayer 2004-09-21T14:06:31Z Re: problems connecting an external a-drive https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108838#M35584 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>What connection does it ACTUALLY have?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:27:11 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108838#M35584 kee-lo_ 2004-09-21T14:27:11Z Re: problems connecting an external a-drive https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108839#M35585 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>it looks like this :<BR /><BR /><A href="http://www.impactcomputers.com/pcga-fd5.html" target="_blank">http://www.impactcomputers.com/pcga-fd5.html</A><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:31:42 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108839#M35585 gshayer 2004-09-21T15:31:42Z Re: problems connecting an external a-drive https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108840#M35586 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It looks like a parallel connection. Do you have a similar looking port on your machine - printers commonly used this before the advent of USB.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:36:56 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108840#M35586 tellingd 2004-09-21T15:36:56Z Re: problems connecting an external a-drive https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108841#M35587 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm pretty sure that drive only works with the PCG-505 notebooks.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:05:14 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108841#M35587 robpaxton 2004-09-21T16:05:14Z Re: problems connecting an external a-drive https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108842#M35588 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>rob<BR /><BR />does that mean even if i get a cable to convert and connect to my pcv-v1 it wont work? is it purely a drive to work with the 505?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:15:38 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108842#M35588 gshayer 2004-09-21T18:15:38Z Re: problems connecting an external a-drive https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108843#M35589 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The floppy there isn't for the V1<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:43:14 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108843#M35589 kee-lo_ 2004-09-21T18:43:14Z Re: problems connecting an external a-drive https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108844#M35590 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm pretty sure there is no cable available to convert the drive. I would just buy a cheapo USB drive and hide it away so that it doesn't detract from the appearance of your V1.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:05:46 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108844#M35590 robpaxton 2004-09-21T21:05:46Z Re: problems connecting an external a-drive https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108845#M35591 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hopefully it'll allow you to boot up from it.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:19:05 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-connecting-an-external-a-drive/m-p/108845#M35591 kee-lo_ 2004-09-21T21:19:05Z