[SLL] Old Floppies

Bill Thompson Billt at Mahagonny.com
Thu Jun 12 10:49:26 PDT 2008


On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:53:58 -0700
Kevin Reeder <reederk at comcast.net> wrote:

> So, I'm sure you're with me, but I'll spell out the question
> anyway. Where can I find a computer that will read the 5.25" disks
> and let me move them onto something useable on our system? I have a
> 3.5" drive if needed.

I hate to rain on your parade, but even if you find a drive that works,
do you have a working copy of WordPerfect 1.0 to read the file? If
not, I suppose you could recreate if from a hex dump..... 

-- 
Bill Thompson
BillT at Mahagonny.com
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