Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 18:53:46 -0500 From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us> To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Looking for a "classic computer" item... Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> On 11/26/13 04:17, Ron Kean wrote: > 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. Um, yeah, but I said "20 years old", and *no* one had 5.25" drives that didn't do 1.2M by the late eighties. Also, about the serial port, well, no, since every server I have at work has one. Also, why do you think that a computer from the nineties wouldn't be able to put in a network card? That being said, my '06-vintage m/b, which I'm about to replace once I've done this, not only has a floppy drive cable, and power for it, but USB ports. And, of course, my 10/100 NIC. > > 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. Or I could ask on techie mailing lists, rather than pay $20 (if I was lucky) and more likely $40 for something I want to use for a couple of weeks? Btw, several folks had 'em laying about. mark > > 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 >> > > ____________________________________________________________ > Do THIS before eating carbs (every time) > 1 EASY tip to increase fat-burning, lower blood sugar & decrease fat storage > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/529467796b846778573ast01vuc > -- Help contol the human population: have your human spayed or neutered - seen on <http://icanhascheeburger.com>