On Tue, 15 Jul
2003, Jo Cooley wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm new to the list and am currently trying to find a solution to
> transfering data/software from 8-inch disks to a pc.
> We have a working minc-II with two floppy drives...
> One suggestion was to get an old 8-inch floppy drive and hook it
> directly to the pc...
--- Fred Cisin <cisin(a)xenosoft.com> wrote:
> DONE.
> the 1.2M controller in the PC will operate MOST (those wishing to list
> obscure exceptions,...) 8" "industry standard" drives, probably
including
> ones borrowed from the minc.
On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Umm... Fred, what you may not know is that a MINC-11
comes with an RX02
floppy drive - definitely not "industry standard" (unless your industry
is DEC ;-)
You are right, I did NOT know that the Minc used RX02. That was why I had
said "probably".
But I was mostly responding to the "all I have to do is get a drive
connected", and trying to get across the concept that connecting the drive
was trivial, and that it was NOT a matter of a simple device driver, but
writing a file system handler.
Personally, I'd go with the ASCII console as the
easiest path.
I completely agree, particularly since he already has that connected and
working.