[Coco] OT: Need someone w/a PC and 5.25" drive, CD-R to copy discs

[Dan Olson]

Just a few questions:

How many disks?  I'm guessing less than 10?

I have boxes of 1.2M drives, that should read these disks with no trouble, 
would you be interested in adding one to your PC?

Do you want the files off of these disks, or a sector dump?


 	Dan


On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 farna at att.net wrote:

> I've got a set of DOS 3.21, GW-BASIC, and Windows 2.0 originally from a Zenith Z-248 286 machine. It was orignally an 8 MHz 286, but with a backplane design. I remember we had some 386 borads in a few of ours (military had a contract w/Zwnith for PCs in the mid to late 80s). Anyway, when I left my old computer room job I managed to save a set of discs from the dumpster. We had replaced all the old beasts and were using Win95 at the time.
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> Naturally, I no longer have a 5.25"/360K drive. I know some of you do. What I want to do is copy the disks to a CD-R, each floppy in a separate file named whatever is on the disk label. Anyone willing to do this? I'll send the originals, and you can keep a copy for yourself if you want. If you want something else for this service, tell me what it is. I will swap a copy of "Tandy's Little Wonder" or pay a reasonable fee. Please e-mail me if willing to do this -- farna AT att DOT net.
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> I don't suppose a 5.25" drive could be connected to a 3.5" USB drive controller and be expected to work? I know the 3.5" USB drive would have to come apart. These are the only 5.25" disks I have anymore, so I'm not real concerned about the drive. I was just thinking that a 5.25" drive in an external case would be a nice thing for CoCo users who still have the old floppies. Just a thought!
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