Re: 8.5" drive for 11e

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

David Empson writes ...
> 
> Disk wiz! <datasafe9@hotmail9.com> wrote:
> 
> > I need to get hold of a 8.5" drive to try and recover data from some disks.
> 
> There is no such thing as an eight and a half inch floppy disk.
> 
> The options for floppies are:
> 
> Eight inches (8")
> Five and a quarter inches (5.25")
> Three and a half inches (3.5")
> 
> Eight inch drives predate the Apple II, and were rarely if ever used
> (possibly with some really early CP/M cards; I've also used them with a
> Nestar file server - the disks are still sitting in my cupboard, but are
> probably dead by now).
> 
 ....

     One possible way for Disk wiz! to get to his/her 8" diskette data is to get
hold of an OSI system. The Ohio Scientific 6502-based computers were fairly
popular in olden times and users often had 8" drives connected.  (BTW, your 8"
diskettes might surprise you. I came upon several oldie 8" diskettes a few years
ago and the data was still good!)



Rubywand