Do you still have the old 286? If so boot it up and hook it to a current computer via serial port and transfer the data that way. Otherwise you'll need to find out what type of drive it is (most likely MFM or RLL) and rig a controller up for that which won't be easy.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Chris G. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thoth.serath@gmail.com">thoth.serath@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
i am trying to get information off of an old hard drive out of a 286 computer. it is a few megabytes big. <br>
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