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Hello Roy - 

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CA>> This also relates to my other reply about finding media
CA>> that will last and preserve our data. 

RJT> Hence the combined reply. :-) 

CA>> If you are like me you have data and software dating back
CA>> to your 'begining' interest in computers. I have 100s
CA>> possibly 1000s of 5 1/4" floppy disks from the old 360k
CA>> format up to the 1.2meg format in boxes and am thinking a
CA>> great deal of the data is already lost (won't read). 

RJT> Much of that old stuff is on 360s here. Though I even have
RJT> a whole box of the 1.2s new, still shrink-wrapped. 

I remember when my XT was still working some of the 360s
wouldn't read in the newer 1.2 meg floppy drives. I'm hoping
most will. 

CA>> I have _one_ machine with a 5 1/4 floppy drive in it (an
CA>> old 286) 

RJT> Got one "pc" (this one I'm typing on), but also a number
RJT> of other drives around, not to mention all the cp/m boxes
RJT> that have nothing else. 

I have old drives but would need a floppy controller and old
style ribbon cable etc. Would hate to have to go through all
that but I waited too long to 'update' my 'archives'. :-( 

CA>> and am wondering how long it would take me to transfer all
CA>> of them over to CDs. 

RJT> Maybe not as long as you might think. That older stuff was
RJT> much less bulkier. 

True the files are smaller but the floppy drives are slower as
well. 

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