Repair Workshop: Windows 3 & 1/2 disk
Someone needs a Windows 3 & 1/2 disk read. Presumably it is just Microsoft Word files. He doesn’t remember exactly. It’s from 2002 on a System Max computer. He lives locally and will come on Sunday. Can some bring a system where it can be read, and transferred to a cloud drive? Thanks! Jeff Brace
Should be able to read that from any USB 3.5" external drive they make these days. On Wed, Jan 8, 2025, 4:42 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Someone needs a Windows 3 & 1/2 disk read. Presumably it is just Microsoft Word files. He doesn’t remember exactly. It’s from 2002 on a System Max computer. He lives locally and will come on Sunday.
Can some bring a system where it can be read, and transferred to a cloud drive?
Thanks!
Jeff Brace
On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM Jeff Salzman <jeff.salzman@vcfed.org> wrote:
Should be able to read that from any USB 3.5" external drive they make these days.
Yes, but as far as I know the museum doesn't have one.
On Wed, Jan 8, 2025, 4:42 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Someone needs a Windows 3 & 1/2 disk read. Presumably it is just Microsoft Word files. He doesn’t remember exactly. It’s from 2002 on a System Max computer. He lives locally and will come on Sunday.
Can some bring a system where it can be read, and transferred to a cloud drive?
Thanks!
Jeff Brace
I can bring a USB floppy drive to the workshop. As long as they have a USB thumb drive, I can copy their files. Worst case I can burn them a CD which also risks being extinct soon. :^) Wes On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM Jeff Salzman <jeff.salzman@vcfed.org> wrote:
Should be able to read that from any USB 3.5" external drive they make these days.
Yes, but as far as I know the museum doesn't have one.
On Wed, Jan 8, 2025, 4:42 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Someone needs a Windows 3 & 1/2 disk read. Presumably it is just
Microsoft
Word files. He doesn’t remember exactly. It’s from 2002 on a System Max computer. He lives locally and will come on Sunday.
Can some bring a system where it can be read, and transferred to a cloud drive?
Thanks!
Jeff Brace
If you can please, Wesley, that would be appreciated. I have a couple of them myself, but I question their physical condition. I usually bring my Greaseweazle to the Workshops for just such a need, but my 3.5" drive in that kit has a bad read head on the top side. Thanks, Jeff Salzman On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM Wesley Fegan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I can bring a USB floppy drive to the workshop. As long as they have a USB thumb drive, I can copy their files. Worst case I can burn them a CD which also risks being extinct soon. :^)
Wes
On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM Jeff Salzman <jeff.salzman@vcfed.org> wrote:
Should be able to read that from any USB 3.5" external drive they make these days.
Yes, but as far as I know the museum doesn't have one.
On Wed, Jan 8, 2025, 4:42 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Someone needs a Windows 3 & 1/2 disk read. Presumably it is just
Microsoft
Word files. He doesn’t remember exactly. It’s from 2002 on a System Max computer. He lives locally and will come on Sunday.
Can some bring a system where it can be read, and transferred to a cloud drive?
Thanks!
Jeff Brace
On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 09:54 Wesley Fegan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I can bring a USB floppy drive to the workshop. As long as they have a USB thumb drive, I can copy their files. Worst case I can burn them a CD which also risks being extinct soon. :^)
Thanks Wes! I will supply the thumb drive and take it from there!
Wes
On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM Jeff Salzman <jeff.salzman@vcfed.org> wrote:
Should be able to read that from any USB 3.5" external drive they make these days.
Yes, but as far as I know the museum doesn't have one.
On Wed, Jan 8, 2025, 4:42 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Someone needs a Windows 3 & 1/2 disk read. Presumably it is just
Microsoft
Word files. He doesn’t remember exactly. It’s from 2002 on a System Max computer. He lives locally and will come on Sunday.
Can some bring a system where it can be read, and transferred to a cloud drive?
Thanks!
Jeff Brace
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