Floppy Drive Pinouts

40-Pin Card-Edge Interface
34-pin Header Interface Non-Media Sense
34-pin Header Interface, Media Sense
44-pin Planar Interface (95A, Lacuna, 85K/N)
Extracted from PS/2 3.5-inch Diskette Drives Technical Reference (S42G-2194-00), 2nd Ed., Oct 1992, pages 10-12.

NOTE: There are differences between the 1990 Tech Ref and the '92 Tech Ref Signal names for the Enhanced 34-pin interface. See the Notes below the table. I believe the additional definition is related to the floppy controller used for the EE floppies.



  Signals and voltages are transferred between the system board and the diskette drives by a cable or printed circuit board. The printed-circuit board provides a 2- by 20-pin card edge connector for each diskette drive, with a locator key between pins 34 and 36. The cable interface provides a 2 x 17-pin header connector to each diskette drive, with a locator key below pin 17. ) The following figures show the signals and DC voltages for each diskette drive connector type:

40-Pin Card-Edge Interface
Pin Signal     Pin Signal
 1  Ground      2  -High Density Select
 3  Reserved    4  Reserved
 5  Ground      6  Reserved
 7  Ground      8  -Index
 9  Ground     10  Reserved
11  Ground     12  -Drive Select
13  Ground     14  Reserved
15  Ground     16  -Motor Enable
17  Ground     16  -Direction In
19  Ground     20  -Step
21  Ground     22  -Write Data
23  Ground     24  -Write Enable
25  Ground     26  -Track 0
27  Ground     26  -Write Protect
29  Ground     30  -Read Data
31  Ground     32  -Head 1 Select
33  Ground     34  -Diskette Change
35  Ground     36  Ground
37  Ground     36  +5VDC
39  Ground     40  +12VDC
Figure 8. Signal Assignments For the 40-pin Card Edge Interface



34-pin Header Interface Non-Media Sense
  This connector is for drives and controllers that do not support media sense.

Pin Signal     Pin  Signal
 1  Ground      2  -High Density Select
 3  + 5VDC      4  Drive Type ID 1
 5  Ground      6  + 12VDC
 7  Ground      8  -Index
 9  Ground     10  Reserved
11  Ground     12  -Drive Select
13  Ground     14  Reserved
15  Ground     16  -Motor Enable
17  Ground     18  -Direction In
19  Ground     20  -Step
21  Ground     22  -Write Data
23  Ground     24  -Write Enable
25  Ground     26  -Track 0
27  Ground     28  -Write Protect
29  Ground     30  -Read Data
31  Ground     32  -Head 1 Select
33  Ground     34  -Diskette Change
Figure 9. Signal Assignments For the 34-pin Header Interface



34-pin Header Interface, Media Sense
  This connector is for drives and controllers that support media sense.
Pin Signal                         Pin Signal
 1 Ground                          2 Data rate Select 1
 3 + 5VDC                          4 Drive Type ID1/Drive status 1
 5 Ground                          6 + 12VDC
 7 Ground                          8 -Index
 9 Drive Type ID0/Drive status 0  10 Reserved
11 Ground                         12 -Drive Select
13 Ground                         14 -Security Command*
15 Ground                         16 -Motor Enable
17 Media Type ID1/Drive status 3  18 -Direction In
19 Ground                         20 -Step
21 Ground                         22 -Write Data
23 Ground                         24 -Write Enable
25 Ground                         26 -Track 0
27 Media Type ID0/Drive status 2  28 -Write Protect
29 Ground                         30 -Read Data
31 Ground                         32 -Head 1 Select
33 Data rate Select 0             34 -Diskette Change
Figure 10.  Signal Assignments For the Enhanced 34-pin Header Interface
* '90 ref has this Reserved
All blue text is not present in '90 Tech Ref


44-pin Planar Diskette Interface

This puppy is found on the 95A, Lacuna, and 9585 K-N models. All floppy drives used must support media sense.

Information extracted from IBM PS/2 Servers 95 and 95A Technical Reference, Type 9595, page 2-5, First Ed., Sept 1993. P/N 71G3726
Pin Signal                         Pin Signal
 1 -2nd Drive installed            2 Data rate Select 1
 3 + 5VDC                          4 Drive Type ID1/Drive status 1
 5 Ground                          6 + 12VDC
 7 Ground                          8 -Index
 9 Drive Type ID0/Drive status 0  10 Reserved
11 Ground                         12 -Drive Select
13 Ground                         14 -Security Command 0
15 Ground                         16 -Motor Enable 0
17 Media Type ID1/Drive status 3  18 -Direction In
19 Ground                         20 -Step
21 Ground                         22 -Write Data
23 Ground                         24 -Write Enable
25 Ground                         26 -Track 0
27 Media Type ID0/Drive status 2  28 -Write Protect
29 Ground                         30 -Read Data
31 Ground                         32 -Head 1 Select
33 Data rate Select 0             34 -Diskette Change
35 Drive Select 1                 36 Ground
37 -Security Command 1            38 Ground
39 -Motor Enable 1                40 -Drive Select 2
41 Ground                         42 -Security Command 2
43 Ground                         44 -Motor Enable 2
 
 

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