Comments on: The 5.25″ Floppy Disk

By: Shane

Shane — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:56:59 +0000

I can’t wait to play them. Are the graphics better than Call of Duty 4?

By: Ugly

Ugly — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:58:35 +0000

elliott & geek1: the only problem is I don’t think the hard drive is IDE. I don’t know what it is - but when I opened it up and looked at it, it doesn’t look like anything that can be hooked into my current desktop. This computer is from the late 1980s.

By: Geek1

Geek1 — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:34:10 +0000

Put the files onto the IDE hard drive in your old computer, and then hook that old hard drive up to your current computer. Should work.

Exactly what I would do! A philips screwdriver is all you need. I would copy the whole hard drive and stick it in a folder somewhere.

By: Elliott

Elliott — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:31:00 +0000

Put the files onto the IDE hard drive in your old computer, and then hook that old hard drive up to your current computer. Should work.

By: Ugly

Ugly — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:16:42 +0000

yeah I am going to check all my resources at work, if I can’t find anything I’ll probably use the service that Richard suggested. Thanks guys.

By: Zachary

Zachary — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:54:19 +0000

Have you considered using an emulator and creating files of those programs to run on an emulator for a PC?

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:49:06 +0000

I used to always do old-school transfers with serial cables. even if your new computer doesn’t have a serial port, you can get a USB serial interface for that side.

or http://www.floppydisk.com/transfer.htm these people will do it for $10

By: Born2Code

Born2Code — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:41:46 +0000

if u have a modem you can dial into another computer that has its modem connected to the phone line… the other computer picks up the “phone call”, and the two modems can chat… that’s how we used to chat/send files in the 80’s.
alternatively, you can take the hard disk out, place it in a usb enclosure and plug it into your existing machine and copy the files over.

By: Jason Coleman

Jason Coleman — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:38:06 +0000

Check with the libraries at UPenn. They should have an “archiving” expert somewhere with the equipment to help you out.

By: Ugly

Ugly — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:13:27 +0000

the old compter does have a 2400 baud modem. But the programs are really small, so it may work. But where do I call with a 2400 baud modem? there is no way I could set up a serial connection between these computers. I have a floppy disk - do you know of any companies that will transfer it for a fee?