24 Nov
2014
24 Nov
'14
10:01 a.m.
> Now come to think, I do have both an original IBM
PC and an XT. The PC has
> dual 5.25" drives, the XT a single 5.25 + HDD. One of those is bound to be
> the correct h/w format, right? What we want here is 360K physical, right?
> It still leaves a chicken-and-egg problem, as neither of those machines
> have any outward connectivity,
On Mon, 24 Nov 2014, Mike Stein wrote:
No serial or parallel ports? Definitely a 'must
have' ;-)
Does the XT (5160) still have the "Asynch" card that IBM shipped it with?
That is RS232 and/or 20mA
> ... nor do I have any media with something like
Laplink or an ISA
> NE2000 driver sitting around.
A null-modem cable is your medium... another 'must
have' ;-)
Agreed
I would also add the IBM Technical Reference Manual to the "must have"
list. Information is the most important tool of all.