x86/DOS system backup via rs232?

Charles Anthony charles.unix.pro at gmail.com
Fri Nov 13 19:34:29 CST 2015


On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Jules Richardson <
jules.richardson99 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Vintage PCs are just a pain - new enough to make significant use of hard
> disk technology, but old enough that getting the data off them isn't quite
> as trivial as it likely would be on a much newer machine. I do find them
> *just* interesting enough to make it worthwhile trying to create a snapshot
> of how they were used, though (compared to the Win95-and-newer age where
> it's all so incredibly dull)
>
>
Vintage PCs are ot my field of expertise, so just a random thought..

Could you put a 2nd disk drive in the machine, and copy the disk image to
it?

-- Charles


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