From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 16 16:53:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA27768 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 16:53:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA27762 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 16:53:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (max7-197.HiWAAY.net [208.147.145.197]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id SAA19256 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 18:53:09 -0500 (CDT) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.7/8.8.4) with ESMTP id SAA11479 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 18:53:08 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199709162353.SAA11479@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: dkelly@hiwaay.net Subject: Re: 8" Floppy drive? (Of Course.....(:+}}.....) In-reply-to: Message from "User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys" of "Tue, 16 Sep 1997 12:38:39 EDT." <199709161638.MAA22045@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 18:53:06 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys writes: > > > 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? > > Why laugh.... you have an honest application that needs a proper solution. > Those that would laugh are shortsighted..... Why laugh? Because sometimes if I don't laugh, I'll have to cry. The sad part is that so far no one is willing to authorize the destruction of these disks, no one knows what is on them, or what format they are in. In the past we've been known to take unknown data like this and simply dd it to a file and preserve that file with a note as to how we did it. Or in the case of a tape a printed copy of Sun's tcopy output is filed with the new tape. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.