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

From: Iggy Drougge <optimus_at_canit.se>
Date: Fri Jul 27 16:11:45 2001

Lance Costanzo skrev:

>A parallel port ZIP drive is very handy for this sort of thing.
>Easy to setup; in your case I'd format a disk in the old PC (360K),
>take it to a newer PC, SYS it with 6.22, put the files on it
>for the ZIP drive, and boot it on the old PC. The parallel ZIP
>only needs a 1/2 dozen or so control files to work.

Don't parallel ZIP drives require a lot of bi-directional lines and so forth,
not usually found on your common XT motherboard?

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