===== PC Floppy Drive on X68000 =====
The floppy drives in the X68000 are just regular PC drives with extra features. In fact, on the PRO they share the same part numbers with their PC counterparts (It's a TEAC drive).  If you can live without soft-eject and computer-controlled blinking lights, you can easily connect a normal PC drive to the X68000.  Simply follow this connection diagram, and you're done!

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^ X68000 ^  Signal  ^ PC Floppy ^
|  1  |  Density  |  2  |
|  3  |  DS3  |  6  |
|  4  |  Index  |  8  |
|  5  |  DS0  |  10  |
|  6  |  DS1  |  12  |
|  7  |  DS2  |  14  |
|  8  |  Motor On  |  16  |
|  9  |  Direction  |  18  |
|  10  |  Step  |  20  |
|  11  |  Write Data  |  22  |
|  12  |  Write Gate  |  24  |
|  13  |  Track 0  |  26  |
|  14  |  Write Protect  |  28  |
|  15  |  Read Data  |  30  |
|  16  |  Side Select  |  32  |
|  17  |  Ready  |  34  |
|  30-36  |  Ground  |  19-33*  |
|  * odd numbered pins only|||

  * All unlisted pins are NC (not connected) on both sides.
  * This connection diagram is for the external floppy drive connector.

<box round warning|PLEASE NOTE!>This information was designed for a 3.5" floppy, however the information should also be valid for a 5.25" drive.</box>

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This information taken from [[nfg:backup_technique_and_game_lab|Backup Technique]] magazine, Dec. 1990