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Re: 5.25" floppy reading

What about my 8" floppy disk, unused since it was in a pdp11, in 1978 approx. 
LOL

On January 17, 2024 3:22:06 PM EST, "Ian E. Gorman" <iegorman [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote:
>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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