PC 5.25 in. disks do not play on Commodores. I still have 5.25 drives here and at least 2 running 386 computers just to read and convert old disks. The problem is what Cynthia described. Perhaps there are files that are important to save and migrate, and perhaps not. If Cynthia wants to pass them along to me, I can work with them. Dean On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Cynthia Dean <cgdean@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I have got Sid Thomes 5.25" floppies with his vital records books, > library inventory stuff and other things that pertain to WFGS. I have > an old Commodore that uses that size disks, but when I tried to play > them in there some years ago they didn't work. I don't know if he's got > a secret code on them or what. Seems like Sid built his own computer, > or maybe PC stuff doesn't work on a Commodore. > > My old Gateway with XP plays the smaller 3.5". > > Cynthia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Dean DeBolt, University Librarian Special Collections University of West Florida Library 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514-5750 ddebolt@uwf.edu; 850-474-2213

Dean, My Commodore 128 does use 5.25 floppies. I've still got all my old disks. Haven't tried to crank it up in years, but, when I tried to run Sid's, I could not get into them. I'll try it again one day when I get a chance and tell you what happens. Will also bring some disks out for you to look at. There are lots of Sid's disks, but the main interest would be the set of 3 vital records books. WFGS holds the copyright to them. Cynthia