Floppy power

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Floppy power

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Hi there just a quick question as I can't seem to find the answer does the internal floppy drive need the 12v? I can see on goteks that it doesn't seem to be connected to anything and I'm sure I read somewhere that some floppies might not use it only 5v and gnd.

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Some of the very early "brick" drives needed 12V. But these days none of them use it.
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Re: Floppy power

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awesome thanks dude
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