[Gllug] The point in keeping all those old computers

[Christian Smith]

John Winters uttered:

> I've just hit an instance when I should have kept and old computer and
> haven't.
>
> The chap who looks after our local community magazine is retiring
> (pushing 90) and the need has arisen to get the subscription list off
> his old Amstrad.  Yes, it has 3" disks only and I don't have a 3" drive
> any more.
>
> I know it's not Linux related, but I think you lot are quite a likely
> bunch of people to ask - does anyone have the hardware to copy the
> contents of a 3" floppy off onto something else?  It doesn't even matter
> much what else; it would probably be perfectly feasible just to e-mail
> the extracted files.


Don't 3 inch drives use the same 28 pin connector as 3.5 inch drives? Try 
plugging the drive from the amstrad into a PC. The floppy controller of a 
PC is probably sufficiently compatible to read the disk.

Christian

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