> On May 23, 2023, at 5:41 AM, Tony Duell via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 5:25 PM j...@cimmeri.com <j...@cimmeri.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 5/22/2023 5:38 AM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote:
>>>>> I hereby formally retract my erroneous suggestion of a "386 98,SP2 desktop
>>>>> with floppies and USB", and replace my suggestion with:
>>>>> "a PC with USB and floppies", and let Tony decide what vintage to use.
>>>> Fully concur. If it were me, I'd probably suggest some box with from
>>>> the end of the era which came with an onboard floppy controller, and
>>>> dual-boot 98SE and some old Linux that can handle such a thing, like
>>>> Slackware or Debian. That would cover the most bases.
>>> I am sorry, but I think this is a stupid suggestion for many reasons.
>>
>>
>> It is, however, a viable suggestion, and that is better than none :)
>
> I do seriously wonder why nobody has been suggesting the
> flux-transition type of device. If it can be got to work then it would
> seem the ideal solution in that it can handle anything the disk drive
> [1] can handle, including non FM/MFM formats.
Sure it is likely to work. But the point of the other suggestions, such as the
one I wrote saying just to use a stock floppy drive, is that it offers another
option that is easy. It would also be a particularly convenient choice for
anyone who already has such a system sitting in the closet, or can get his
hands on one easily.
While those flux widgets have at times tempted me, I haven't had a requirement
for one yet, and unless at some point in the future I do, chances are I'll just
stick with my existing off the shelf PC.
paul
