To: WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 05:26:34 -0500
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Looking for a "classic computer" item...
From: Ron Kean <ronkean at juno.com>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Oh, the serial data cable would have to be a crossover serial data cable
for computer to computer data transfer, which would have a female 9-pin D
plug on each end, with pin 2 on end A wired to pin 3 on end B, and pin 3
on end A wired to pin 2 on end B.

On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 04:17:34 -0500 Ron Kean <ronkean at juno.com> writes:
>
> There are two kinds of 5.25 floppies, 360K and 1.2M, and thus two
> kinds
> of 5.25 drives.  A 1.2M drive will read both kinds.  But if you have
> a
> working computer which can use a 5.25 drive, probably the only way
> to get
> data off that computer would be by serial cable to another
> computer,
> which requires a serial data transfer program, which would be a DOS
> program or early Windows.  But it's been years since computers have
> been
> made with a serial port.
>
> If getting a working 5.25 drive will solve your problem, it may be
> that
> easiest way to get one is to buy one on ebay, or try a google
> shopping
> search.  I see a 1.2M on ebay right now for $20 BIN plus shipping.
>
> Ron Kean
>
> On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:50:24 -0500 mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
> writes:
> > Well, if 20 yr old cars are "classic cars"... I'm looking for a
> 5.25"
> > floppy
> > drive. No, not 3.5", a 5.25".
> >
> > I'm trying to go through my hundreds of old disks, get what few
> > things are
> > worth it off, and wipe them all. My drive died - well, it tries to
>
> > read, and
> > marks its place (scrapes the floppies).
> >
> >         mark "I only need it for a few weeks"
> >
> > --
> > "The [Dreyfus] Affair ... insisted that Justice was more
> > important than Reasons of State - and even that disorder
> > is to be preferred to sustained and extreme injustice."
> >     - D. Wileman, Republicans of the Muddle
> >
>
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