[Hidden-tech] More packrat stuff... files off an ms-dos system?

[Tom Kopec]

I think it is unlikely to be an IDE drive .. '286 vintage is most 
likely MFM or RLL.. I don't know of any USB MFM controllers or 
enclosures.. and even then, MFM drives are at best "maybe" portable 
between controllers..

...tom

At 11:34 AM 6/10/2008, Greg Major wrote:

>Don't make it so complicated. Get an external drive enclosure from 
>Staples (approx. $30.00) and put your old hard disk in it. Then it 
>will plug into any machine through the usb port and you will be able 
>to access all of the files on the hard disk. Just make sure you get 
>the right size enclosure.