On Thu, 22 Jun 2017, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote:
I was contacted by a faculty member at the University of Alabama
(Tuscaloosa) who is looking for help in recovering files from some 5-1/4"
diskettes. The diskettes are from the 1989-1892 time frame, and most likely
contain WordPerfect files
Yes. External 5.25" drives, both 360K and 1.2M were available for the
PS/2 line. It was just a matter of power and signal cabling to put
together your own.
There was a bracket with a DC-37. That could be used for PC external
drive, if that was what you had on hand. Or wanted to connect an 8"
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On 06/24/2017 01:37 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> There was a bracket with a DC-37. That could be used for PC external
> drive, if that was what you had on hand. Or wanted to connect an 8"
There was also the MCA Diskette Adapter/A, which didn't work with much
"low level" software.
--Chuck
Let's hope that it's a 1.4M! If it's 720K, then we could sneaker it
to a PS/2 to move it to 2.8M, to take to a NeXT, . . .
On Sat, 24 Jun 2017, Kris Kirby wrote:
IIRC the PS/2 had a 5.25" drive option in certain form factors.
Yes. External 5.25" drives, both 360K and 1.2M were available for
He might also need a little hand-holding on how to open the WP files
with his current word processor
On Sat, 24 Jun 2017, Geoff Oltmans wrote:
There's instructions for opening WordPerfect 5.x and 6.x docs in
Microsoft Word 2007 on Microsoft's support website, so I imagine that is
probably not t
On Fri, 23 Jun 2017, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> Let's hope that it's a 1.4M! If it's 720K, then we could sneaker it
> to a PS/2 to move it to 2.8M, to take to a NeXT, . . .
IIRC the PS/2 had a 5.25" drive option in certain form factors.
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> On Jun 23, 2017, at 11:19 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 23 Jun 2017, Geoff Oltmans wrote:
>> Silly me... And here I was thinking I could just use my dell dimension
>> celeron machine running win98 complete with 5.25" floppy drive AND (drum
>> roll) a
Well- just write it to an ide hard drive on the win 95 Packard Bell
then...
pull the drive and read it on something newer!
Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
In a message dated 6/23/2017 4:04:22 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:
On 06/23/2017
On Fri, 23 Jun 2017, Geoff Oltmans wrote:
Silly me... And here I was thinking I could just use my dell dimension
celeron machine running win98 complete with 5.25" floppy drive AND (drum
roll) a 10/100 NIC and ftp over to my ftp server. But your idea sounds
more thorough. :)
Sure.
But, a 2G US
On Jun 23, 2017, at 11:23 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
>> with a Packard Bell w/' Win 95 (Not hooked to the internet) with a 5 1/4
>> drive in it!
>
> Surely the most prized artifact in any museum's collection!
>
>> On Fri, 23 Jun 2017, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
>> And then what d
On 06/23/2017 10:53 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jun 2017, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
>> If it's a P1 or later system, don't forget USB pen drive.There
>> are even DOS drivers available for that functionality.
>
> Since Ed said Win95, I chose to discount the likelihood of t
On Fri, 23 Jun 2017, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
If it's a P1 or later system, don't forget USB pen drive.There are
even DOS drivers available for that functionality.
Since Ed said Win95, I chose to discount the likelihood of that
capability. I doubted that he would have rolled his own.
On 06/23/2017 09:23 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> Some folk might come up with shortcuts that seem quicker, but
> unless/until they do the transfer, . . .
If it's a P1 or later system, don't forget USB pen drive.There are
even DOS drivers available for that functionality.
I think that m
with a Packard Bell w/' Win 95 (Not hooked to the internet) with a 5 1/4
drive in it!
Surely the most prized artifact in any museum's collection!
On Fri, 23 Jun 2017, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
And then what do you do with them? No network and most likely
no USB. I suppose you could w
On 23 June 2017 at 17:40, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> That was a rhetorical question. Don't you hate rhetorical questions?
Oh very good. *Slow handclap*
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Which brings it all down to:
"How do you read 5.25" MS-DOS disks?"
That was a rhetorical question. Don't you hate rhetorical questions?
On Fri, 23 Jun 2017, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
Try reading the cctlk archives
Always a good idea!
This has been discussed AGAIN and AGAIN for severa
> Which brings it all down to:
> "How do you read 5.25" MS-DOS disks?"
>
Try reading the cctlk archives
This has been discussed AGAIN and AGAIN for several decades.
cctlk badly needs a FAQ
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with a Packard Bell w/'
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On Thu, 22
with a Packard Bell w/' Win 95 (Not hooked to the internet) with a 5 1/4
drive in it! -- Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
In a message dated 6/22/2017 2:39:20 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:
Which brings it all down to:
"How do you read 5.25" MS-DO
On 06/22/2017 09:48 PM, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jun 2017, Sam O'nella wrote:
>
>> The assumptions pouring in could use a quick follow up. Date joke
>> aside, did they already try reading them? My guess would be yes
>> hence the recovery request possibly needing flux or more adv
On Thu, 22 Jun 2017, Sam O'nella wrote:
The assumptions pouring in could use a quick follow up. Date joke aside,
did they already try reading them? My guess would be yes hence the
recovery request possibly needing flux or more advanced recovery.
The gentleman with the disks does not have a
The assumptions pouring in could use a quick follow up. Date joke aside, did
they already try reading them? My guess would be yes hence the recovery request
possibly needing flux or more advanced recovery.
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On 06/22/2017 07:18 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
>>> I was contacted by a faculty member at the University of Alabama
>>> (Tuscaloosa) who is looking for help in recovering files from
>>> some 5-1/4" diskettes. The diskettes are from the 1989-1892 time
>>> frame...
>
> That was all before my time, so
I was contacted by a faculty member at the University of Alabama
(Tuscaloosa) who is looking for help in recovering files from some
5-1/4" diskettes. The diskettes are from the 1989-1892 time frame...
On Thu, 22 Jun 2017, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
An eyewitness account of the Second Franco
I'm in Huntsville Alabama but that's not exactly next door to Tuscaloosa. I'd
be surprised if there wasn't someone in Tuscaloosa with the capability to read
these disks, but I could probably help if they can't find anyone closer.
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On Jun 22, 2017, at 8:26 PM, Fred Cisin via
On 06/22/2017 01:27 PM, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote:
>
> I was contacted by a faculty member at the University of Alabama
> (Tuscaloosa) who is looking for help in recovering files from some
> 5-1/4" diskettes. The diskettes are from the 1989-1892 time frame...
An eyewitness account of the Se
On 06/22/2017 01:27 PM, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote:
>
> I was contacted by a faculty member at the University of Alabama
> (Tuscaloosa) who is looking for help in recovering files from some
> 5-1/4" diskettes. The diskettes are from the 1989-1892 time frame...
An eyewitness account of the Se
CORRECTION:
OpenOffice claims to READ WP files, but not SAVE to those formats.
On Thu, 22 Jun 2017, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote:
Guys, let's not let this degenerate into a disk tool debate. It's quite
likely that these are vanilla 1.2MB MSDOS diskettes, easily read by anyone
with a system
Which brings it all down to:
"How do you read 5.25" MS-DOS disks?"
On Thu, 22 Jun 2017, Warner Losh wrote:
kryoflux is how I've read the ones that I've found...
In the unlikely event that they happen to be Victor 9000/Sirius,
then send them to Warner.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred ci.
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CORRECTION
On Thu, 22 Jun 2017, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 3:39 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
CORRECTION:
OpenOffice claims to READ WP files, but not SAVE to those formats.
Which brings it all down to:
"How do you read 5.25" MS-DOS disks?"
kryof
On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 3:39 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> CORRECTION:
> OpenOffice claims to READ WP files, but not SAVE to those formats.
>
>
> Which brings it all down to:
> "How do you read 5.25" MS-DOS disks?"
>
kryoflux is how I've read the ones that I've found
CORRECTION:
OpenOffice claims to READ WP files, but not SAVE to those formats.
Which brings it all down to:
"How do you read 5.25" MS-DOS disks?"
On Thu, 22 Jun 2017, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote:
I was contacted by a faculty member at the University of Alabama
(Tuscaloosa) who is looking for help in recovering files from some 5-1/4"
diskettes. The diskettes are from the 1989-1892 time frame, and most likely
contain WordPerfect files.
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