Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:55:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Tamar Lindsay <dicconf at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Looking for a "classic computer" item...
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Yes, you're right, I meant 3.5 inch.
But it would seem the problem has been
solved already.

=Tamar
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On Tue, 11/26/13, Ron Kean <ronkean at juno.com> wrote:

 This is true, but you probably mean 3.5 inch floppies,
 instead of 2.5  inch.=A0
When I said 'the only way' to move data from
 such an old computer would be via serial cable,
I should have said apart from using floppies
 to carry data from one computer to another.=A0 \
There are even other ways,  such as
using a modem, which would involve
a serial cable if it's an external modem,
a network connection, or email, I suppose,
 on further thought.

 On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 02:39:41 -0800 (PST) Tamar Lindsay
 <dicconf at yahoo.com>
 writes:
 > If you have a working computer with
> both 5.25 and 2.5 inch drives,
 > you can transfer to the smaller floppy,
> and then use a USB floppy drive
> to transfer to a more modern computer.
 > Then the only problem is the program
> to read the information.
 > =Tamar