Thanks, I'll give it a try soon. First, I have to rebuild the box that went toast after 8 years of service.
> -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Gaffer > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 12:13 PM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Old Floppy Drives > > On Wednesday 07 April 2010 09:21:43 gibney wrote: > > I know. I've been hanging on to parts until someday, I'll try to > > network the an old box with 5 1/4 and recover my dad's files from old > > disks. I was hopeful when this thread popped up. > > Most if not all machines that support a 3.5" floppy drive should > support > a 5.25" floppy drive. All you need is an old style cable with both > connector types on it... And a 5.25" drive, preferably 1.2Mb, if you > can find a working one. > > Just for information: The heads form microscopic rusting while they > are > stood for long periods of time. Good for trashing the oxide layer on > the first disk that you put into it. > > So if the disks have precious data on them, don't put them into the > drive without giving the drive a few disks to chew up first. Sometimes > the drives will clean themselves, but its worth testing with a few > scrappers. > > -- > Best Regards: > Derrick. > Running Open SuSE 11.1 KDE 3.5.10 Desktop. > Pontefract Linux Users Group. > plug @ play-net.co.uk
