[FRIAM] Legacy data

James Steiner gregortroll at gmail.com
Thu May 31 10:53:14 EDT 2007


http://www.hardwareguys.com/picks/fdd.html

What they say:

"If you need to read an old 5.25" diskette, contact your local
computer store, which probably has a stack of 5.25" HD (1.2 MB) FDDs
in the back room and will probably give you one for the asking."

Wouldn't that would be nice!

~~James
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On 5/30/07, Bruce Abell <bruceabe at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm doing some research and have come across some PC 5.25-inch floppy disks.
>  Does anyone have a suggestion for how I might be able to view those disks?
> That is, an existing machine I could use, or a source of an inexpensive
> (preferably) external drive (some used parts store in Santa Fe).  The disks
> are high density/double sided--the state of the art in the late 80s!  They
> probably contain little of value, but I'd like to know.
>
> Thanks for any guidance.
>
> --Bruce Abell



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