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

[B. Kimo Lee]

Hello All,

Thanks so much for all the great information about taking files off an  
old MS-DOS system!
I think I'm going to either look into using a modem somehow, or  
copying onto floppies and making use of the 5.25" drive offered.

All of your advice is much appreciated.

Best regards,
Kimo



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On Jun 12, 2008, at 5:10 PM, Jan Werner wrote:

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> Before the IBM PC, most microcomputer software was distributed on 8  
> inch 128KB floppies, which was a vast improvement over paper tape.  
> The floppies on the first IBM PCs held no more than 360KB.
>
> A full-sized (2400 foot) reel of 9-track tape for the IBM/360  
> mainframe held a maximum of about 44MB using the largest possible  
> block size, and even the high-density 6250bpi tapes introduced in  
> the 1970's held no more than about 170MB of data.
>
> In the mid 1980's I set up some data collection systems on AT clones  
> using full height 5" 72MB hard drives. These cost about $7,500 at  
> the time and came with dedicated controller cards and a patched  
> version of MS-DOS to allow accessing more than 32MB.
>
> Jan Werner
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> Rikk Desgres wrote:
>>   ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee.
>>   ** You too can help the group
>>   ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
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>> This discussion is fascinating. Considering we are in the age of  
>> Blu-Ray,
>> Solid State Media and 1 TB hard drives. I'd be hard pressed to find  
>> anything
>> on my computer that would actually FIT on a 720K floppy these days.
>> Rikk
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