Re: OT: Can modern PCs run 5-1/4" floppy drives?

mrdarrett@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

On Oct 5, 1:53 pm, mrdarr...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

On Oct 5, 1:35 pm, Rich Grise <r...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:47:24 +0000, Joerg wrote:

mrdarr...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Oh, gee, times like this, just put a system together from old parts.
A 166 MHz Socket 7 chip and board, Windows 98, a PCI network card to
transfer files to your main system, and you're set.

I've got that but it occupies to much space. Sez the missus ;-)

Just buy her something pretty, or take her out to a nice dinner
and a show. ;-)

Good Luck!
Rich

That would cost too much. For the cost of buying something pretty,
and/or the nice dinner, he could have bought a top-of-the-line
computer with a better mainboard BIOS that could take a 5-1/4 floppy.

Isn't there some way to out-source the operation? FedEx the disks to
some data conversion place, that will then copy the files to flash
drive...?


Not always an option if the stuff on there is confidential.


Yep, just out-source the operation already.

Here's one hit from google: floppy conversion:

http://www.emaglink.com/floppy-disk-conversion.htm

What will you do when a client gives you an Apple II 5-1/4" floppy,
with an important Fortran program on it...?


That's not so far-fetched. Once I had to decipher a HP disk. Of course, they had their own format, LIF or something. We really needed that data because it contained important recordings from a logic analyzer.

Michael


--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: OT: Can modern PCs run 5-1/4" floppy drives?
    ... transfer files to your main system, ... computer with a better mainboard BIOS that could take a 5-1/4 floppy. ... some data conversion place, that will then copy the files to flash ... just out-source the operation already. ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: OT: Can modern PCs run 5-1/4" floppy drives?
    ... A 166 MHz Socket 7 chip and board, Windows 98, a PCI network card to ... transfer files to your main system, ... some data conversion place, that will then copy the files to flash ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: Save as (look in)
    ... A word of warning. ... Files get corrupted easier and working off a floppy disk (any removeable media, ... transfer files. ...
    (microsoft.public.excel.misc)
  • Re: OT: Can modern PCs run 5-1/4" floppy drives?
    ... A 166 MHz Socket 7 chip and board, Windows 98, a PCI network card to ... transfer files to your main system, ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: update the internal file system
    ... in fact my BIOS PC recognize the USB key automatically like a floppy. ... it's only for transfer files on other system. ...
    (comp.os.msdos.programmer)