From: "Fred Cisin" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 6:39 PM
Subject: [Spam][95.7%] Re: 8-inch disk drives
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. The console is gone
but I currently have an old 386 hooked up to act as a terminal.
What would be the best way to transfer the info from the old disks to the
'newer' pc?
One suggestion was to get an old 8-inch floppy drive and hook it directly
to the pc, but it seems to me that would involve possible building a
hardware interface and writing driver software.
Any suggestions or pointers to web pages would be very welcome, I've
already spent a few hours searching the web without finding a solution.
That depends on if you want to tinker yourself or want someone to do it.
I have used a MicroSolutions floppy controller for a project, where I had to be able to
read each and every sector (128 bytes up to 1024 bytes) from an 8" disk (SSSD to
DSDD).
It was suggested, that you could use PC controllers for 1.2 meg disks for the job, but
this is not the case, as they will only recognize 512 byte sectors and only DOS file
systems.
You can do a Google search on "media conversion", which gives many hits.
You could also take a look at
www.farumdata.dk/enindex.htm if you want to explore the
possibilities i can offer in our servicebureau.
Who many disks are we talking about ?
Nico