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.
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Running Open SuSE 11.1 KDE 3.5.10 Desktop.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
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