On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Eric Smith wrote:
> Sellam wrote:
> > I once used my APC to dump a bunch of source code from some 8" CP/M disks
> > over the serial port using PIP. I remember I had to do something special
> > to setup the COMM port to do this.
> [...]
> > Any ideas?
>
> No, but is there any particular reason why you can't just hook up
> an 8" drive to one of your PCs?
Because it's easier to boot up the NEC APC and dump files over the serial
port. Especially when it works.
> Not all PC floppy controllers can
> handle single density, but I've had good results reading both SD and
> DD disks using the FDCs on Asus motherboards.
Maybe I'll break down if I can't find the manuals or get it to work
otherwise. It'd be great if someone did have the manuals. Really great.
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Received on Fri Feb 25 2005 - 15:15:29 GMT