Archiving floppies?

From: PRICOMU <pricomu_at_compuserve.de>
Date: Sat Sep 22 20:16:19 2001

Hi Gordon,

I got a tiny program (just one 32 KB file) from 1991 written by Christian
Schaaf. One should use it in DOS but normally it also works fine in a
DOS-box from Windows. Unfortunately it?s in German language but I think it?s
quite easy to work with it. Otherwise I would try to translate it for you.
It copies a floppy into one file onto a hard disk saving the disk?s volume
label as well which may be important. You can also save a short description
in the file saved on the hard disk e.g. containing a serial number. As the
program is more than 10 years old I think we don?t have to worry about the
copyright too much. I?ve been searching for a hint how to contact the author
but can?t find anything. A company?s name is not mentioned. If you are
interested in the program, please let me know.

Bye

Thomas



----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Zaft" <zaft_at_azstarnet.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 11:51 PM
Subject: Archiving floppies?


>
> Does anyone have any recommendations on software (preferably free) for
> archiving old DOS floppies? What I'd like to do is to be able to make
disk
> images of all (okay, maybe just 'many') of the old DOS floppies I have so
> that if they disks get trashed or the bits fall off I can remake 'em. I'm
> assuming I'd probably be making these archives from a Windoze box although
> DOS or even FreeBSD or Linux is a possibility.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> GZ
>
Received on Sat Sep 22 2001 - 20:16:19 BST