If you're not in a hurry, I could do it for you. I still have a 5 1/4 drive in one of my work computers. I charge much less than $5 a disk. :)
We're still working on a plan, but so far it involves being sent to prison and becoming somebody's bitch.
Fred ,'Just Rewards (2)'
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DXMachina - Oct 08, 2006 9:01:02 am PDT #9179 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
tommyrot - Oct 08, 2006 11:19:27 am PDT #9180 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Anyone ever use Parallels Desktop for Mac? It lets you create and run virtual computers while running OS X. So you could run XP and OS X at the same time (with XP running at 70% of its native speed).
Currently I'm installing FreeDOS in a virtual machine. There's something cool and geeky about having to parition and format a virtual drive on a virtual computer....
Anyway, I'm gonna install Windows 2000 and/or XP once I upgrade the memory of this puppy.
Oh, you need an Intel Mac to do this....
tommyrot - Oct 08, 2006 11:21:12 am PDT #9181 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh DX, thanks for the offer. For now I'm gonna try to setup an older box with a 5.25" floppy, and also I'm gonna try to add the 15-year-old card-drive I have....
Liese S. - Oct 08, 2006 12:49:04 pm PDT #9182 of 10003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hee. You know, we're in the process of our move, and among other things I want to do is a giant data project whereby I move all my files off their various archaic media, floppies, zips, external hds into their permanent hiatus of dvd storage. And then I want to move all my vhs tapes onto dvd. And then I can put all the information in the world on a single spindle.
And then immediately afterwards, dvds will become obsolete.
NoiseDesign - Oct 08, 2006 1:19:08 pm PDT #9183 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
I shudder at the prospect of dealing with the shelves of various media I have from the past 15 years of doing audio work. Bernoulli 90 drives, Syquest EZ135, Zip100, Jaz, Jaz2, Syquest 44, and an unknown number of other formats are all in storage with old show files on them. I do tend to have at least one of each of those drives still around, but who knows if there are drivers and such. I should do it soon while I could still get a vintage machine up and running and slowly shift the media to a newer and more transportable standard.
le nubian - Oct 08, 2006 2:08:11 pm PDT #9184 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I really like the new google reader. I dropped bloglines like a bad habit.
tommyrot - Oct 08, 2006 2:18:39 pm PDT #9185 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What was the graphical file manager thingie that came with DOS 5.0 called?
amych - Oct 08, 2006 2:19:18 pm PDT #9186 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Windows?
tommyrot - Oct 08, 2006 2:22:36 pm PDT #9187 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Heh.
Nope, DOS 5.0 came with a file manager thingie (that was somewhat patterned after the Windows 3.0 (I think) file manager). It also had a program launcher and task swapper.
ION,
If you use the google reader, does it show up in you google "my account" page?
amych - Oct 08, 2006 2:23:47 pm PDT #9188 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yeah, as soon as I snarked, the hub got that "I know exactly the file manager thingie you mean, but I can't remember the name either" look.