On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Jules Richardson < jules.richardso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/12/2015 05:52 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > >> On 11/12/2015 01:54 PM, Jules Richardson wrote: >> >> >>> > Alternatively, you could boot DOS from floppy with INTERLINK/INTERSVR >> installed and use another DOS/WIN machine to do your backup. >> > > My assumption there was that Interlink needs a newer version of DOS, and > that some of these systems that I have may be incompatible, but maybe it's > worth me putting that to the test. FWIW, DOS 6.xx will boot on anything 100% PC-compatible, 8088 on up, and it shouldn't have a problem reading filesystems created by earlier DOS versions. Assuming you can write a bootable floppy and get INTERLNK onto it, that would probably be the easiest option. - Josh > > > I'm certain that options abound. >> > > Yes, I'm sure - just figured I'd ask here as it seems like the sort of nut > that will already have been cracked :-) > > Vintage PCs are just a pain - new enough to make significant use of hard > disk technology, but old enough that getting the data off them isn't quite > as trivial as it likely would be on a much newer machine. I do find them > *just* interesting enough to make it worthwhile trying to create a snapshot > of how they were used, though (compared to the Win95-and-newer age where > it's all so incredibly dull) > > cheers > > Jules > >