Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 12:29:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: David Kelly <dkelly@fly.HiWAAY.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 8" Floppy drive? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970916122927.501F-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <199709161522.KAA26984@fly.HiWAAY.net>
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How important could data that old and long unseen be? On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, David Kelly wrote: > At the very least this should be good for a laugh, but the boss dug up > about 50 8" floppies and wants the data off of them and onto modern > media. From way back, I recal the 1.2M floppy hardware interface wasn't > terribly different from the 8". Where both 8" and 1.2M disks turn > 360 RPM vs 300 RPM for 360k disks. Maybe there is a chance an 8" drive > can be attached to my FreeBSD system? > > I actually have a couple of 8" drives. > > Would be interested in any suggestions, FreeBSD related or not. > Meanwhile I've got a lead on a Xerox 820 with CP/M that may be able > to read these disks. Who knows what format they are in! May find > a hard-sectored system but have soft-sectored floppies. > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net (hm) > ====================================================================== > The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its > capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. >
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