Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com
Thu Mar 23 15:12:25 CDT 2017


On 03/23/2017 12:59 PM, Terry Stewart via cctalk wrote:

> There will be a hiatus in the project while I get the connecting
> hardware organised. Then we will see what we will see.  Hopefully the
> drive itself works.  I don't know that for sure yet.

For what it's worth, unless you're intent on *writing* 8" single-density
floppies on the PC, the interconnect between the 8" drive 50-conductor
cable and the PC 34-conductor one is pretty straightforward.  You don't
need a FDADAP board for that, although it's very convenient.

--Chuck



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