New subject: Brooklyn bridge - LapLink - Fast lynx was Re: need help with an old ST-251 MFM drive...

26 Jul 2001

On Wed, 25 Jul 2001; "Daniel A. Segel" &lt;Daniel.Segel(a)wcom.com&gt; wrote:

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  I have a circa 1982 IBM PC that has a Seagate ST-251
in it attached to a  Data 
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  Technology Corp. DTC-5150CI controller with a BIOS on
it. Everything works  fine 
...
  and the PC will boot up (it's running PC-DOS 3.3)
and I can navigate around  and 
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  look at all the files, etc. 
...
  The problem is that I want to pull the files off of
this drive, and the  360K 
...
  floppy doesn't appeal to me a method of transfer
(the hard drive is almost  full.)

...
  There are three ways I can imagine doing this: 
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  1. Get an 8-bit ethernet card working under DOS 3.3
and somehow connect it  to 
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     my home network,
 2. Install a second HD in the PC that's running off a more modern  controller
(IDE?),
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  3. Install the ST-251 into a more modern PC. 
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  Any tips? Any other ideas about how to get the data
off of this drive? 
And joe &lt;rigdonj(a)intellistar.net&gt; suggested:

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  How about LapLink or FastLynx?  I've used both of
them A LOT and they 
 work great for situations like this. 
Another suggestion would be Brooklyn Bridge.  You can transfer files using
a cable connecting the two parallel ports together.  Also will work with the
serial ports

Mike