[SLL] Old Floppies

[Nicholas Heer]

Kevin,

	I've got an old computer with a 5.25 floppy drive as well as a
3.5 drive.  It can copy files from one drive to the other.  It's running
Red Hat 5, DOS 6 and Windows 3.1.  If you're here in Seattle let me
know and maybe we can rescue the files on your old 5.25 floppies.

Nicholas Heer

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Kevin Reeder wrote:

> This is not Linux specific but I'm not sure where else to go with
> this, so I'm calling on the combined wisdom of the list to solve a
> bit of a problem. Cleaning up the garage I came across a box full
> of floppies, mostly 3.5" but also 10 or so 5.25" (Egghead "Smart"
> Sector Diskettes). Whoa! Humorous, right? Yes, but my wife tells me
> her master's thesis resides on three of the disks and other
> important files are spread across the others (any and all snarky
> remarks at this point will probably be taken good naturedly).
>
> 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.
>
> Your good humor and insights will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Kevin
>