The single connector on one end of the cable is meant to connect to the floppy disk controller either on a controller card or the motherboard.
Floppy disk drive cable connector.
Length 12 inches conductor 20 awg bare copper connector number 3 sata 15 pin male to molex 4 pin lp4 molex large drive power female and 4 pin sp4 small drive power female model.
So the same cable could have one connector for the motherboard two connectors for 5 25 inch drives and two connectors for 3 5 inch drives.
The table below provides the personal computer drive a pinout for either the 3 1 2 or 5 1 4 floppy drive.
Rosewill sc pwc mol 12 sata 12 sata 15 pin power male to molex 4 pin lp4 floppy drive 4 pin sp4 female adapter converter y cable.
When the ancient 5 25 inch floppy drives were replaced by 3 5 inch drives which have different connectors cable manufacturers began including both types of connectors on floppy drive cables.
As shown this cable allows a desktop computer to have two floppy drives connected to one floppy controller.
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In the illustration is a visual example of what a floppy cable may look like and where each end of connectors connect.
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The cable uses a 34 pin idc connector requiring a 34 pin device header and a 34 pin flat ribbon cable idc definition the connector size differ between the two drive types with the 5 25 drives requiring a larger connector.
A floppy disk drive s connectors are at the back of the unit.
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The floppy drive connector looks similar to a 40 pin ide connector but is a little smaller with a pin count of 34.