Escaping Data Rot

[Dave Rawson <TheGuy@_Remove_This_Part_DRawson.Com>]

Boy I'm had a miserable time trying get this to post...

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Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> Another approach you should consider, because of its speed and
> convenience, uses no Apple-like hardware at all:
>
> http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2503
>
> For $60 plus an old 5.25" HD drive (from an old PC, for example),
> you get a fast way to convert *the front side* of all your disks
> to images on the a PC.

Yes, I saw that.  That would speed up half the work, it seems.

> Converting the *back* side (if you "flipped" your disks to use
> the back side)

Typically, I did.

> will require a modification to the 6.25" drive...

What kind of modification?

> Once the images are captured on a PC, CiderPress will make short
> work of viewing and/or capturing all the text as PC .txt files.

I'm looking forward greatly to trying all this.  I really enjoyed my
years with the old Apple ][+ and fiddling around for just these couple
of days brought back lots of great memories of autodidactic discovery
and delayed, but eventual gratification.