Msg: 5393 *Conference*
08-29-94 12:06:29
From: BILL EVANS
To : RICHARD HANSON
Subj: 8-INCH FLOPPY DISKS
This question is not directly related to Model 100's but I need advice from someone with the mind-set of a model T lover. I have a fairly large library of data on 8-inch floppies left over from when I was fairly active with Imsai, Altair, Xitan and other vintage CP/M machines. Currently I have two Shugart SA800 drives but no computer working reliably enough to read them. Some of the data represents many weeks of sweat and I hate to burry it. What I'd really like is a floppy controller card that would work in my IBM XT and would let me do occasional recoveries from the old disks. A read-only capability would be acceptable. Can you by any chance point me toward a source for such a controller? As a retired EE, I might even take the time to build one if I had a circuit, but I'm afraid I'm too out-of-date to attempt a design from scratch. Thanks in advance for your attention. Bill......