Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 15:16:54 +0200 (CEST) From: Marc van Woerkom <marc.vanwoerkom@science-factory.com> To: admin@scls.lib.wi.us Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount alien floppy? (Brother word processor) Message-ID: <20000807131654.3FF161EE7@nil.science-factory.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000804073716.03e5d190@mail.scls.lib.wi.us> (message from Network Administrator on Fri, 04 Aug 2000 07:51:06 -0500) References: <4.2.2.20000804073716.03e5d190@mail.scls.lib.wi.us>
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> I have some old Brother word processor 3.5" floppy diskettes with important > family data on them (my grandmother's memoirs, et. al.). Mounting one of > these floppies on a Windows box yields a "Format? (y/n)" type of error, > since the format is not msdos. Is there no way to link the brother hardware to a FreeBSD box? Seraial link or such? If those floppies are readable at all on PC hardware you might have luck hunting for a converter in old MS DOS file collections (like FIDO mailbox systems :) Regards, Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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