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 >> >> To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org >> To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org >> To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org >> >> > >-- >______________________________________________________________________________ >Ian Earl Gorman | //www.gorman.ca/ | //web.ncf.ca/iegorman/ >//github.com/iegorman/ | //www.linkedin.com/in/iegorman/ -- Sorry for being brief. Alternate email is rickleir at gmail dot com