13 Nov
2015
13 Nov
'15
5:10 p.m.
On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Jules Richardson <
jules.richardson99 at gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/12/2015 05:52 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
FWIW, DOS 6.xx will boot on anything 100% PC-compatible, 8088 on up, and it
shouldn't have a problem reading filesystems created by earlier DOS
versions. Assuming you can write a bootable floppy and get INTERLNK onto
it, that would probably be the easiest option.
- Josh
On 11/12/2015 01:54 PM, Jules Richardson wrote:
>
Alternatively, you could boot DOS from floppy with INTERLINK/INTERSVR
installed and use another DOS/WIN machine to do
your backup.
My assumption there was that Interlink needs a newer version of DOS, and
that some of these systems that I have may be incompatible, but maybe it's
worth me putting that to the test.
I'm certain that options abound.
Yes, I'm sure - just figured I'd ask here as it seems like the sort of nut
that will already have been cracked :-)
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)
cheers
Jules