- Transferring data from 5" Floppy
- Posted by nh2@dlkc.com on May 31st, 2006
Help!! I'm using very old acoustical testing equipment and need to
transfer data saved on a 5" floppy to more modern media. How do I do
this? I haven't been able to find the right resources.
MJ
- Posted by Rod Speed on May 31st, 2006
nh2@dlkc.com wrote:
Just get a 5" floppy drive and connect it to the floppy ribbon cable.
You may need a new floppy ribbon cable.
- Posted by Michael Hawes on May 31st, 2006
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- Posted by Arno Wagner on May 31st, 2006
Previously nh2@dlkc.com wrote:
You get a 5.25" floppy drive and connect it to a modern computer
with a traditional floppy cable (which has the right connector
for the 5.25" floppy). The old floppy drives still work with
today's mainboard-integrated controllers in most cases. (Some
cheap mainboards do not have the strong drivers needed for
the WR and RD lines, but most do.)
AFAIK Windows XP does not support the old format anymore though,
but you can use, e.g., a Linux system like Knoppix (singleCD
linux, works without installation) to transfer the data.
Arno
- Posted by Oscar Jones on May 31st, 2006
Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote:
Yes it does.
- Posted by Eric Gisin on June 1st, 2006
You are a fucking moron, Arnie. Again and again.
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- Posted by Folkert Rienstra on June 1st, 2006
"Eric Gisin" <ericgisin@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:e5ln4702db9@enews1.newsguy.com
Maybe Oscar can respond to that so that Arnie will be able to see that?
