[Coco] Read Coco floppies in my PC

[Frank Swygert]

That doesn't make much sense Bill. A P4 will run MSDOS as easy as a PIII or older. Might as well get as much cheap computer as you can. No point in getting a dual core machine unless you want to dual boot MSDOS and Linux or a newer version of Windows (not sure if the later is even possible, but easy enough to do with Linux).

I see you're on "carolina.rr". North or South Carolina? I'm in SC, not far from Lexington. I have an old HP Pavillion 4450 w/366 MHz Celeron you can have for shipping, or come pick up if you're close enough. That would be great for what you want to do. I have a small hard drive (4.2GB) and I think I have some RAM for it (not sure if I have any old enough, and the board is empty right now). You can pull the CD-ROM and stick a card reader in the single 5.25" slot if you can find one with MS-DOS drivers. Has two USB ports and even a real serial port on the back (also parallel printer and built-in VGA port).

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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:05:28 -0400
From: "Bill"<cwgordon at carolina.rr.com>

>> " Remember that Windows 98 SE is the latest version to run in true MSDOS mode."
>>
-that's why I'm trying SO hard to find an old PIII.

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Frank Swygert
Editor - American Motors Cars Magazine
www.amc-mag.com