Panasonic FDD number decode?

[Gordon JC Pearce]

Christian Fandt wrote:
> Has anyone information on decoding the model number suffix on a 
> Panasonic 3.5" floppy drive? The number is JU-257-14PF.

Ooh, now...  There used to be two types of interface for 720k floppies, 
Shugart and "PC" (it may have a proper name).  Old samplers and stuff 
quite often used the Shugart drives, in particular Casio and Ensoniq. 
Rainer Buchty's site http://www.buchty.net describes how you can make up 
an adaptor cable to use a PC 720k floppy in a Casio FZ-1.  In theory it 
should work for Emaxes, Ensoniq kit and other machines that use the same 
connection.  IIRC it's just a case of swapping a few wires around.

This might not be what you need, or it might be exactly what you need. 
I haven't tried it myself.  Let me know how you get on.

Gordon.