On Wednesday, 22 December 2021 21:27:01 IST Omer Zak wrote: > I have a friend who has a PC, which got stuck in the late 1990's. This > Ethernet-less and Internet-less PC has old (circa 1997) RedHat Linux > installed on it and it uses floppy disks (diskettes) for backups. > > Now the floppy disk drive seems to have gone out of order and my friend > will need to read his diskettes in a modern PC as well as transfer to > it the contents of his hard disk (presumably connected via IDE or > whatever was available in the antediluvian period before the Big Dotcom > Crash of 2000. > > 1. Are there any floppy disk drives with USB connection for reading > those diskettes?
There are usb floppy drives (3 1/4 ") ones you can buy in stores, they however use usb connectivity and soon to be out of major stores. Be advised that modern kernels no longer support IDE floppy drives . Also finding media for it can be a pain in the tuchs. > 2. If one needs to temporarily connect an old hard disk (not having a > modern SATA interface) to a modern PC, what solutions are there? > You would need IDE 2 USB connector , look at https://www.amazon.com/AGPtek-Drive-Adapter-Converter-External/dp/B00BIE996S/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=Ide+To+Usb+Adapter&qid=1640252981&sr=8-5[1] for examples. fyi , as he probably still have a working sound card, he can use a modem connection with a modern pc using https://bellard.org/linmodem/[2] or a similar tool (I didn't check bellard's work for a while , but he is the go-to place for such actions). sound card -> two cables -> into a usb sound card . it's 33.1 kbps but it should be a fun experience. -------- [1] https://www.amazon.com/AGPtek-Drive-Adapter-Converter-External/dp/B00BIE996S/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=Ide+To+Usb+Adapter&qid=1640252981&sr=8-5 [2] https://bellard.org/linmodem/
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