@jextxadore He can just toss the laptop in the trash and I'll have to fly down there to get the data off the DOS machine myself. Your scenario is why the DOS machine is, under no circumstances, allowed near a UPS van. It is still running a MFM drive (Seagate ST-251 42MB). How a stepper motor actuated hard drive is still functioning after all of these years is a mystery. One good jolt and it's game over.

@jextxadore He can just toss the laptop in the trash and I'll have to fly down there to get the data off the DOS machine myself.

Your scenario is why the DOS machine is, under no circumstances, allowed near a UPS van. It is still running a MFM drive (Seagate ST-251 42MB). How a stepper motor actuated hard drive is still functioning after all of these years is a mystery. One good jolt and it's game over.

2016-09-25T11:45:38Z