[Color Computer] [Coco]Re: Transfer utilities

[Glen VanDenBiggelaar]

Robert,
I would love to get a 3.5" drive, but my controllers wont suport it, I am 
watching for a distro on e-bay, but then again, everone else is also.
-Glen
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>Don't limit yourself to 5.25" drives. The Coco is quite happy with a modern 
>3.5" unit. That will make moving files via floppy much easier for most.
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>Glen VanDenBiggelaar wrote:
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>>One suggestion (Fun, but not really practical),
>>I also have found this (amongst other things) a problem. My Motherboard in 
>>my XP box will not take the old 5.25" floppies, so, as a result 
>>downloading and using Sneaker-net is not an option. I am currently 
>>watching out for a Tandy 1000 system for cheap on e-bay (yes, I am a Tandy 
>>nut- not just a coco nut) with dual drives-possibly a HX or TX (I like the 
>>"Big CoCo" Feel). I can and have old ISA Nics , so networking wont be an 
>>issue- I might not be able to run windows 95, but hey, if its just for 
>>converting 3.5" floppies to 5.25" why not?
>>-Glen
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