If you actually have the data off the floppies, why write it onto
another set of floppies? Does it absolutely have to be on floppies?

Maybe there is some installation routine that expects floppies...

Jan-Erik.

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Fr=E5n: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] F=F6r Bob
Ammerman
Skickat: den 29 augusti 2016 20:43
Till: 'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.' <piclist@mit.edu>
=C4mne: RE: [PIC] PIC Assembler

Yeah, 5-1/4 is tough to find. I do have a machine with one, and would be
willing to transfer stuff to 3-1/2" - just supply the disks and pay the
postage both ways.

~ Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems

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> Behalf
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> Harrison Cooper
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> I have one, I think it's a Dell unit, but of course it's a 3.5""=20
> floppy,
not the 5-
> 1/4".  My version of Power-C came on the 5-1/4" size discs.
>=20
> This has been an interesting thread....in bringing out from the dusty
corners
> names I haven't seen for a while.  The only one missing is Jory, I=20
> know
there are
> some of us around that do remember him :-)
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> Behalf
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> Jan-Erik S=F6derholm
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> I haven't looked or searched for it, but it would surprise me a lot if
there isn't
> USB connected floppy drives...
>=20
> He, first hit for "USB floppy drive" on eBay:
>=20
> "1.44Mb 3.5" USB External Portable Floppy Disk Drive Diskette FDD for
Laptop
> PC"
>=20
> $9.51 with free shipping from China. How the heck can they built it=20
> *and*
ship
> it worldwide for that amount?
>=20
> Right, looking closer, if you want support for anything newer then=20
> WinXP,
you
> have to pay a little more. Still reasonable...
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> Jan-Erik.
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> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
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> Allen Mulvey
> Skickat: den 29 augusti 2016 16:36
> Till: 'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.' <piclist@mit.edu>
> =C4mne: RE: [PIC] PIC Assembler
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> I, too, have Power C. I even have a floppy drive to read the disks.=20
> I'm
not sure if
> I have drivers though. Is it possible to access a floppy drive from a
modern
> computer? I'm using Windows 10 Pro.
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> Allen
> Ps: Today I use Mikro-C with an EasyPIC v7.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist- bounces@mit.edu] On=20
> > Behalf Of Harold Hallikainen
> > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 9:29 AM
> > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> > Subject: Re: [PIC] PIC Assembler
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> > Years ago, I used "Power C." It was a compiler that ran
> under
> > MS DOS. It
> > came with a very extensive manual that was a good introduction to C.=20
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> >
> > Harold
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