On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 9:07 AM Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote:
> > Hi Mattia, > > if I understand you correctly, you cannot transfer data > from an old harddisk on your IBM PS/2 computer to the > new system, because the PS/2 floppy drive is broken? > > In that case, it probably does not help to suggest tools > for data transfer because you can not copy them to PS/2. > > Wikipedia says PS/2 was the first to support normal 1.44 MB > 3.5 inch floppy drives, so maybe you just organize one of > those for it? You will probably have to update some jumpers, > but it should be possible to find your PS/2 model handbook. > > It also says PS/2 support ESDI or SCSI harddisks, as opposed > to ST506 in PC XT and PC AT. Technical reference for ESDI: > > http://www.mcamafia.de/pdf/ibm_esdi_trm.pdf > > (in case somebody made some custom ESDI access gadgets) > > Which harddisk controllers does your PS/2 have? Old SCSI > disks might still be around somewhere, in case it would > be possible to connect a second disk to copy data. I would > not take that risk. Replacing the floppy sounds better. > > And as always, be careful, have backups and keep docs :-) > Regards, Eric > > PS: You may also transfer some data over the serial port, > using a null modem cable and default software, like COPY > to COM1, possibly combined with DEBUG to convert to text. > This will be tedious and slow. Maybe for important data. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > Hi Mattia, If you have a serial port available on the PS/2 system you can bootstrap the DOS version of FastLynx via a serial port using the MODE/CTTY commands (similar to INTERLNK/INTERSRV). I've had good luck with this on XT machines where the floppy drive was questionable at best. Instructions for this process are described in detail here: http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/transfer/fastlynx33/fastlynx33_serial.htm When i purchased FastLynx 3.3 last year it still included version 2.01 along with it. https://sewelldirect.com/products/fastlynx-3-3-software-only-electronic-download Best Regards, -- --Andy
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