Old Hardware

[Jim]

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 at butash.net 
> <mailto:michael at 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 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:guanjun.de.geliqian at 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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