need help with an old ST-251 MFM drive...

From: Mzthompson_at_aol.com <(Mzthompson_at_aol.com)>
Date: Thu Jul 26 12:21:21 2001

On Wed, 25 Jul 2001; "Daniel A. Segel" <Daniel.Segel_at_wcom.com> wrote:

> I have a circa 1982 IBM PC that has a Seagate ST-251 in it attached to a
Data
> Technology Corp. DTC-5150CI controller with a BIOS on it. Everything works
fine
> and the PC will boot up (it's running PC-DOS 3.3) and I can navigate around
and
> look at all the files, etc.

> The problem is that I want to pull the files off of this drive, and the
360K
> floppy doesn't appeal to me a method of transfer (the hard drive is almost
full.)

> There are three ways I can imagine doing this:

> 1. Get an 8-bit ethernet card working under DOS 3.3 and somehow connect it
to
> my home network,
> 2. Install a second HD in the PC that's running off a more modern
controller (IDE?),
> 3. Install the ST-251 into a more modern PC.

> Any tips? Any other ideas about how to get the data off of this drive?

And joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net> suggested:

> How about LapLink or FastLynx? I've used both of them A LOT and they
> work great for situations like this.

Another suggestion would be Brooklyn Bridge. You can transfer files using
a cable connecting the two parallel ports together. Also will work with the
serial ports

Mike
Received on Thu Jul 26 2001 - 12:21:21 BST