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Old school knowledge required

hk797 · 2005-08-12 09:13:18

Anybody remember high density minidisks? Well I've got 40 I need to pull data from. Only problem is that I don't have the hardware to do it. Does anyone have an old machine lying around I could borrow / rent / buy? If I do get a machine how can I backup to a CD / USB / diskette so I can archive ? Any advice much…

12-08-2005 10:13am

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hk797

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Anybody remember high density minidisks?

Well I've got 40 I need to pull data from.

Only problem is that I don't have the hardware to do it.

Does anyone have an old machine lying around I could borrow / rent / buy?

If I do get a machine how can I backup to a CD / USB / diskette so I can archive ?

Any advice much appreciated.

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#2 12-08-2005 10:31am

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Are these the same MD you have for listening to music? Can you get a MD-Rom? Would be very intertested to hear how you get on with this

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#3 13-08-2005 10:44am

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I think what your taking about about is th High density Floppy disk drives? Ive seen a few of these about 3 years ago, the came standard in some of the old compaq Deskpro's

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#4 13-08-2005 9:43pm

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The LS120 ones? Let me know if you are looking for these. I might have some flying around.

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#5 14-08-2005 3:06pm

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Thks for the offer qwertz.

Friend of a friend lent me his LS120 drive for the weekend so sorted.

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