This thread got me thinking. I wonder what kind of opportunities there
might be for someone to start a business that specializes in recovering
data from old formats people don't use anymore.
On 1/7/19 10:26 PM, Thomas Scott wrote:
> http://www.deviceside.com/fc5025.html - found this as a possible
> solution, if you're unable to find a USB drive or an old machine
> that's bootable
>
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 12:12 PM Michael Butash <michael@butash.net
> <mailto:michael@butash.net>> wrote:
>
> I had an old thinkpad usb 3.5 floppy disk drive accessory I kept
> around to boot cranky systems back in the day, as oddly when some
> wouldn't work with certain usb cd, that floppy always worked. I'd
> offer it up, but I haven't seen/used it in 10+ years, and don't
> even know where to start looking for it, but I'm sure you can
> still find them on ebay.
>
> Good luck on the 5 inch, that you're just going to need an old
> relic system for I think, but wouldn't surprise me to see some
> hackers have made adapters to a more modern interface and power
> for those as well.
>
> -mb
>
> On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 9:33 AM Matthew Gibson
> <guanjun.de.geliqian@gmail.com
> <mailto:guanjun.de.geliqian@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> My parents have been cleaning out their home and came across
> some 3 1/2 inch floppy disks, they also found some 5 inch
> floppies. Does anyone have an appropriate drive for either of
> these media items? I am looking to borrow, but I don't imagine
> it will be difficult to scrounge up the funds to purchase a
> drive or two. All we are wanting us to pull what data we can
> off them.
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