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Re: 5.25" floppy reading

You can get hardware to use with a bare floppy drive.  I don't know how
good the hardware is.

https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle

The software is free.  The is a link to vendors of the hardware.

Total cost of a setup might be around $300 Canadian.


Ian G.

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 1:29 PM Nash JC - NCF <nashjc [ at ] ncf [ dot ] ca> wrote:

> The subject is the topic. Does anyone have a device/machine that still
> reads 5.25" floppies. There's a library/archive at Bishops U. looking
> to do this for a non-exorbitant cost. Amazon popped up a device for about
> 30 microseconds, and it wasn't expensive, but gone now.
>
> I have a curiosity interest, but only one or two old disks that I don't
> need
> to read.
>
> JN
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