Re: 5-1/4 diskettes

[Frank McCormick]

> > Greetings,
> >
> > Unlike 3.5 inch diskettes, where there are USB drives available, there is
> > no such thing for 5 1/4 ones.
> >
> > I have some 5-1/4 diskettes which have data that I never bothered to
> > transfer to newer types of media. So, I'm looking for recommendations in
> > this regard:
> > buy a 5-1/4 interal drive on eBay and try to make it work in Linux?
> > find a service that will transfer the data at a cost?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Max Pyziur
> > [e-mail]

There is a couple of suggestions here:

https://superuser.com/questions/513887/how-do-i-connect-a-5-1-4-floppy-drive...