On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Jo Cooley wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm new to the list and am currently trying to find a solution to
> transfering data/software from 8-inch disks to a pc.
> We have a working minc-II with two floppy drives. The console is gone
> but I currently have an old 386 hooked up to act as a terminal.
> What would be the best way to transfer the info from the old disks to the
> 'newer' pc?
You've already GOT it. Tell the minc to display the file on the console.
Tell the 386 to save it to disk. For non-text files, write a utility ON
THE MINC to take each byte, and display the numerical value of the byte.
Write the reverse for the PC.
> One suggestion was to get an old 8-inch floppy drive and hook it directly
> to the pc, but it seems to me that would involve possible building a
> hardware interface and writing driver software.
DONE.
the 1.2M controller in the PC will operate MOST (those wishing to list
obscure exceptions,...) 8" "industry standard" drives, probably including
ones borrowed from the minc.
But,...
ARE YOU WILLING TO WRITE a complete file system handler to read and parse
the directory structure an fetch the individual sectors of the files?
> Any suggestions or pointers to web pages would be very welcome, I've
> already spent a few hours searching the web without finding a solution.
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Received on Thu Jul 17 2003 - 11:59:00 BST