8-inch disk drives

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri Jul 18 02:00:01 2003

--- Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com> wrote:
> 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...
> > One suggestion was to get an old 8-inch floppy drive and hook it
> > directly to the pc...

> 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.

Umm... Fred, what you may not know is that a MINC-11 comes with an RX02
floppy drive - definitely not "industry standard" (unless your industry
is DEC ;-)

Personally, I'd go with the ASCII console as the easiest path.

-ethan
Received on Fri Jul 18 2003 - 02:00:01 BST