Has anyone tried to connect an external 5.25" USB floppy drive to a PC to backup old Dragon disks with VCOPY.EXE ?
Alternatively, I have a dual floppy disk station from Dragon Data 1984 with a 34-pin connector at the back. Has anyone tried to make a USB connection for this drive?
I have about 200 old Dragon floppy disks which I would like to backup...
Regards,
Geir
Dragon Floppies
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Re: Dragon Floppies
Looks like I found what I was looking for: http://www.deviceside.com/fc5025.html
I will buy this product and try to connect my 1984 Dragon Disk station with my Win7 PC via USB.
/Geir
I will buy this product and try to connect my 1984 Dragon Disk station with my Win7 PC via USB.
/Geir
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Re: Dragon Floppies
Hi Geir
I went through this exercise a while ago, and I opted for reading the diskettes on my old Dragon using the old Dragon diskette drive. I wrote a small program back then to read the diskettes and dump them in VDK format to a PC over a serial connection.
-- Rolf
I went through this exercise a while ago, and I opted for reading the diskettes on my old Dragon using the old Dragon diskette drive. I wrote a small program back then to read the diskettes and dump them in VDK format to a PC over a serial connection.
-- Rolf
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Re: Dragon Floppies
Thanks Rolf,
his solution is available here: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=238
Of course, with this solution you need access to a working Dragon 64 with an RS232 port. With the USB option, you just need a PC and the Dragon's floppy drive and disks.
I am going to try both options and post the results here.
/Geir
his solution is available here: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=238
Of course, with this solution you need access to a working Dragon 64 with an RS232 port. With the USB option, you just need a PC and the Dragon's floppy drive and disks.
I am going to try both options and post the results here.
/Geir