༒ ɐɥɔǝʇɐɯ ʍǝɹpuɐ ༒Looking for tips from #retroComputing/ #vintageComputing/ #appleII/ #amiga etc. crew.. I have a few old 3.5"/5.25" floppies which contain some potentially-cool files from a mid-80's tech publishing/design firm I'm hoping to recover. I have a ton of old computers but want to be sure I don't mess anything up, and get the best possible chance to recover the data if possible -- does anyone have advice/links/software/hardware they can suggest to help me out here? EDIT: Thanks, got some great tips!
The 5.25" I'm especially unsure about as I only have ONE system with a working 5.25" drive that I know of (Apple IIc), and I'm not sure what format the disks are. I know nothing about ripping these. 3.5" , I have a bunch of old Macs, at least a few with known-working floppy drives. Is there a System 7 software that can rip the disks without recognizing the filesystem? >_>
Hans Hübner@amatecha If you're of the DIY type, a greaseweazle https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle may fit your bill. If you're more into a readymade solution, get a Kryoflux https://kryoflux.com/. For both, you need the appropriate floppy disk drives. As you want to just read, HD drives should work fine, so any old PC drives should do.
Laurent FRANCOISE@amatecha I use the Kryoflux board for archiving/recreating floppies since a few years and I'm quite happy with it https://kryoflux.com/
Once you have the raw files, you can use the software from HxC to examine/convert the floppy images (for checking on an emulator for instance) or generate raw data to recreate a disk. http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/
It's easier if you have a spare floppy drive for each floppy format you need. And isopropyl alcohol+q-tip to clean the drive heads !
Once you have the raw files, you can use the software from HxC to examine/convert the floppy images (for checking on an emulator for instance) or generate raw data to recreate a disk. http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/
It's easier if you have a spare floppy drive for each floppy format you need. And isopropyl alcohol+q-tip to clean the drive heads !
6N3my6@amatecha Have a look at one of the more recent videos by Adrian Black on this topic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRZVlsxSDw0) as a start into software and drives.
