First post, by UltimaPlayer12
Hi there! I haven't been on VOGONS in a long while, but in the time that I have been gone I acquired a new toy. A Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT! Unfortunately, it seems that either my USB Floppy Drive for my modern PC or the laptop drive is going out (or alternatively, every single floppy disk I have is dying... possible, but not likely considering how many of them there are from a variety of sources.) and so moving data to the laptop is... painful. I have to burn 700MB CDs every time I want to move something, so I've just been cramming as much as I can on to CDs to fix this problem. I would like to, in the future, be able to more easily move data to the device without having to use CDs.
So, my general question is simple. Would a PCMCIA card like this work with a pure DOS setup, or would I have to use Windows as a file manager proxy? I do not mind running Windows 95 or even 98 on the system if I have to, I just haven't had a specific reason to so far so it is sitting on a pure DOS 6.22 setup. If it is avoidable to run Windows at all, that would be nice for saving space 😉
Alternatively, are there any storage solution alternatives for a laptop of this age that may work well with transferring files from a modern PC to such an old beast? I do in the future intend on converting the storage to Compact Flash, but even then the drive bay is more of a hassle to access than I would like to have to deal with for frequent file transfers.
Thanks for any responses, hope this sparks a discussion 😁
The Beast 2.0:
CPU: AMD K6-III 450MHz GPU: Nvidia FX 5600 128MB HDD: 20GB (Seagate?) Mobo: ASUS P5A-B RAM: 512MB Sound Card: SB 16 PnP ISA OS: Windows 98 SE