Moogle! wrote:I'll keep an eye out for them
Hal, you mentioned misalingment. How do I determine this?
The only utility I can recall that could measure such things required the purchase of a special test floppy.
Maybe you should just get a new floppy drive. I've heard suggestions that newer ones aren't built as well as older ones for some reason.
The best option would be to get some sort of USB ports on your old machine, perhaps with a PCI expansion card. USB thumbdrives are most definitely usable in DOS with the right drivers.
The last time I tried to deal with a null modem cable, my serial ports weren't working correctly and I went through considerable agony. Trying to do Ethernet in DOS is even worse. And of course rewritable CDs can sometimes be even less reliable than floppies. This is why I've largely given up on mucking about with old computers. 😜