-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, April 09, 1999 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: NEC APC III
>With a few exceptions (and I doubt that the APC III would be one of the
>exceptions), the 720K 3.5" can simply be cabled to replace the 720K 5.25".
>The original design of it was intended to permit that.
>
Probably not.
>
>But that doesn't solve your need for a boot disk. In an earlier message,
>you mentioned that your current boot disk is "Stoned". If so, a bit of
>work with a sector editor might fix it.
>
Yeah - it's got the "Stoned" virus on it ( I think
>Try to resurrect the 2.11 boot disk that you have.
It's the HD - I can't access it - it starts to boot, says "MS-DOS 2.11",
then comes up with an error (can't remember what, and the computer is at my
school), and locks.
--
-Jason Willgruber
(roblwill_at_usaor.net)
ICQ#: 1730318
<http://members.tripod.com/general_1>
>MS-DOS 2.11 was the version that MICROS~1 provided for companies that
>needed/wanted to customize for special hardware, such as 720K drives.
>PC-DOS didn't support 720K until 3.20.
>Previously (MS-DOS 2.00), sometimes only MODE.COM, and sometimes
>FORMAT.COM, varied from one brand of machine to another.
>But in 2.11, IO.SYS might be significantly altered.
>
>
Received on Fri Apr 09 1999 - 18:57:23 BST