On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:35:07 GMT, "James Sweet" wrote:

Most floppy drives are electrically identical, there's not really anything
in the way of intelligence in the drive. Assuming it has a standard 34 pin
interface cable, I'd try plugging in a generic PC drive and see what
happens.

I tried that some years ago with the Sony drive in a 16500A.
It did not work.

regards, Gerhard