Re: Old Hardware

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Author: Thomas Scott
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Old Hardware
http://www.deviceside.com/fc5025.html - found this as a possible solution,
if you're unable to find a USB drive or an old machine that's bootable

On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 12:12 PM Michael Butash <> wrote:

> I had an old thinkpad usb 3.5 floppy disk drive accessory I kept around to
> boot cranky systems back in the day, as oddly when some wouldn't work with
> certain usb cd, that floppy always worked. I'd offer it up, but I haven't
> seen/used it in 10+ years, and don't even know where to start looking for
> it, but I'm sure you can still find them on ebay.
>
> Good luck on the 5 inch, that you're just going to need an old relic
> system for I think, but wouldn't surprise me to see some hackers have made
> adapters to a more modern interface and power for those as well.
>
> -mb
>
> On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 9:33 AM Matthew Gibson <
> > wrote:
>
>> My parents have been cleaning out their home and came across some 3 1/2
>> inch floppy disks, they also found some 5 inch floppies. Does anyone have
>> an appropriate drive for either of these media items? I am looking to
>> borrow, but I don't imagine it will be difficult to scrounge up the funds
>> to purchase a drive or two. All we are wanting us to pull what data we can
>> off them.
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