Re: disk transfer methods?

["Keatah@worldnet.att.net" <Keatah@worldnet.att.net>]

Ok guys thanks for all your tips and hints. 


Kg

"Keatah@worldnet.att.net" wrote:
> 
> I've got an extensive collection of both pirated (copyright of course
> now extinct) and original software. Actually, I got the original disks
> then got the pirated versions because they loaded faster and could be
> backed up easily.
> 
> Well anyways, I'm pulling all this stuff out of storage this winter with
> the intention of dumping 800+ disks to my pc. That comes to be almost
> 120megs of stuff. I know these disks aren't going to last forever and
> some are 20 years old already. The ones I played with last year seemed
> to check out ok...but for how much longer?
> 
> What is the best method for getting the disk images onto my pc's cdrw
> drive? What programs do I use on the //e to generate and dump disk
> images, what program do I use to send it to the pc? How do I hook it to
> the pc? What's gonna be the maximum speed I can get? Some are
> copy-protectd, can that be dealt with too?
> 
> I was thinking something along the lines of a super serial card and
> using proterm 3.1 to send the files..Now what do I use to generate the
> file? I also want to use these images with emulators and have them
> readily available for transfer back to the //e at "moment's notice" so
> to speak. Tell me what you folks have done in the past and what's the
> most efficient way to deal with this project. Are there websites that
> offer a tutorial on this? I just don't want to fuck everything up and
> make a mess.
> 
> Kg