[fpc-pascal] MS DOS 8086 compiler?

[Sven Barth]

Am 30.04.2013 00:42 schrieb "Rolf Grunsky" <rgrunsky at sympatico.ca>:
>
> On 13-04-29 04:48 PM, Adrian Maier wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Nikolay Nikolov
>> <nickysn at users.sourceforge.net <mailto:nickysn at users.sourceforge.net>>
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 04/29/2013 12:49 PM, Michael Schnell wrote:
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>>         On 04/27/2013 02:11 PM, Bart wrote:
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>>             On 4/27/13, Reinier Olislagers <reinierolislagers at gmail.com
>>             <mailto:reinierolislagers at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>                 Noticed that an 8086 branch was merged to fpc trunk. Is
>>                 it time to get
>>                 out some 5.25" diskettes[1]?
>>
>>                 [1] Shame I dumped all the accompanying hardware long
>>                 ago ;) Perhaps
>>                 break out DOSBOX ;)
>>
>>
>>         I think I still can dig out some 8" single sided single density
>>         diskettes with 160 K or something.
>>
>>
>>     Actually, for me, the most convenient way to transfer data to and
>>     from a vintage PC is via an RS232 null modem cable. You can connect
>>     it to your modern PC directly - even if you don't have an RS232
>>     port, there are cheap USB to RS232 converters available, if
>>     necessary, while there's no normal way to attach a 5.25 inch floppy
>>     to a modern PC.
>>
>>
>> Hi ,
>>
>> Hmm... as far as know there should be no problem to use a 5.25 floppy
>> with a modern PC ?  ...  as long as the motherboard has the floppy
>> connector and you have a cable like this
>> http://www.simulationexams.com/tutorials/aplus/core/images/fdd-cable.jpg ?
>>
>> --
>> Adrian M
>>
>
> Most (all?) current boards no longer have a floppy connector. My most
recent motherboard, a mini-atx, doesn't even have an IDE connector.

And of course there don't exist any USB floppy controllers...
http://www.kryoflux.com/ :)

Regards,
Sven
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