Re: 5 1/4 floppy?!

I seem to recall that Windows 3.1 could handle this size floppy, but that
was merely a shell on top of DOS. After you find the hardware, it should be
mostly a matter of getting drivers that are compatible with the operating
system.

You might try a school or library, but look in a town that is fairly poor,
and so can not afford modern hardware.

Finally, some old, maybe free, version of LINUX might be able to handle such
floppies. It might be worth a search or two. Here is one hit I got on
"LINUX floppy 5 inch"
http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html


"Marek Kalisz" <kalisz_m@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:udXgn6B3GHA.3812@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Where to get old 5 1/4 (or 5 1/2) floppy drive? Which was the last
Windows supporting those?
I have several diskettes with older programs and data that I'd like to
read and transfer those to my new systems/other media.
My very old system (that has such a drive) is too rusty to work.
Marek Kalisz
PS. Some comp hacker told me that even military (which still operate many
computers needing those drives and diskettes?) couldn't find a supplier to
buy replacements...



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