[chbot] 5.25" floppy drive anyone?

[Andy ZL3AG]

Yes. Also if you're using an old fdd that's been exposed to humidity, check the heads thoroughly first because if you put your precious diskette full of irreplacable data in it, as it spins up the corrosion on the heads will destroy it.

On 10/04/2018, at 7:51 AM, Marshland Engineering wrote:

> Maybe different here in NZ but we used to get something like bacteria building
> up on old floppies, much the same as camera lenses get. Once you put them into
> the drive, the growth ended up damaging both the drive and disk. Check the
> disk is free from growth. If I had to read an old disk again, I would wipe it
> with alcohol first.  
> 
> Cheers Wallace. 
>