Subj : How should I archive old
To   : BORAXMAN
From : Cougar428
Date : Wed Jun 25 2025 10:21 am

-=> Quoting Boraxman to Cougar428 <=-

Bo> Re: How should I archive old
Bo> By: Cougar428 to NELGIN on Sat Jun 21 2025 09:23 am

>  > I've got a lot of floppies that have drivers and software for
>  > old hardware. I'm trying to decide what's the best way to
>  > archive them for others to use.
>
>  If you are running a Win platform, you can try winimage. It will compress
>  the entire floppy into an .img file. Later you can use the application to
>  uncompress back to a floppy or to some other location.
>
Bo> I used a DOS program to make images a while back, I can't remember
Bo> what it was called but it used it own format.

Bo> I would STRONGLY recommend to use a format that is cross platform, and
Bo> not tied to some specific piece of software to read.

Hi Bo - Yeah, I can see your point. However, the .img format can be
re-written using software on multiple platforms. IBM, *nix, Mac etc. Since
I use Windows currently, I mentioned that specific software. I realize
people trying to help sometimes cause unintended problems. However, my
intentions were good as that is the way that I do it.

Check out this video from Adam's Digital Basement on YT:

https://rb.gy/f31lkk

It's an informative presentation on the archiving/unarchiving process.

Cheers!
... On the other hand, you have different fingers.

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