[arachne] Re: PTS DOS 2000 Pro

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On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:35:07 +0000, Udo Kuhnt wrote:

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> Hi Greg,

>> I have a heap of single-density single-sided 5-1/4 inch floppies that
>> I'd like to be able to get the data from, but since my Amstrad
>> twin-floppy PC died, I haven't been able to read them on anything.

> why do you not simply buy a new drive and install it in whatever machine
> you like? It is not like 5 1/4" drives are no longer available, and any
> DOS can probably read even the most ancient disk format.

I thought it would be more fun to run an emulation on a notebook <GGGGGG>

Just kidding.

I already have both 5-1/4 and 3-1/2 inch drives on my main computer, and
recently I've inherited another from a friend also with both size drives.

OTOH, it would be interesting to know exactly what is meant by an
emulation of a twin floppy XT that runs on a notebook. For one thing,
how would they emulate those twin floppies.

For another, there is the reliability -- those XTs were built like the
old side-valve V8 engines of the 1930s and 40s, and would just keep
going and going and going! How the heck would they emulate that?

Regards from Greg Mayman in Adelaide, South Australia
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