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From: rfutscher@pbs.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Hooking up an old 8" drive
Message-ID: <1990Dec19.190611.11084@pbs.org>
Date: 20 Dec 90 00:06:11 GMT
References: <51401@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA
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In article <51401@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, v078p6g8@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Richard M Wasserman) writes:
> I realize this question may be rather arcane but I promised a friend so hear
> it goes.  I've just come across a rather old ( & somewhat battered ) 8" 
> Shugart disk drive - my friend has been planning on converting his office
> over from an old Wang wordproccessor system w/ 8" drives to and ibm pc based
> system (nothing fancy - no networking etc.).  
> 
We have a simular problem here at PBS.  We have a huge archive of close
captioning on 8" disks.  I found a card that will allow you to connect
an 8" drive to a PC.  It is a Compaticard I.  But I can't find any software
to read Zilog Z-DOS disk. They have 32 hard sectors.  If anyone can help
please send me a message.
    Robert Futscher  rfutscher@pbs.org