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Jennie A relatively easy solution would appear to be to pay out a small sum of money and buy one on Ebay, check the disks and then you'll know (if you were able to get a printer to work with it, then print out the records and either keep the paper or scan them into a more up to date system). Phil Phil Oakman Records Manager The University of Northampton Tel 01604 892823 http://library.northampton.ac.uk/recmgt/ -----Original Message----- From: Archivists, conservators and records managers. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Helen Palmer Sent: 16 November 2005 09:45 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Amstrad disks Hello all, Please forgive a question on a subject which I know has come up before, but I was wondering whether there were any new thoughts on the subject. We are currently cataloguing a collection of personal papers amongst which is a box of about forty 3" Amstrad disks. I know that there are companies which will migrate this data to newer formats, but we currently have no way of knowing what is on these disks, whether it is material replicated elsewhere in the collection, and whether migration will be worth the cost. Has anyone found any way around this issue? Does anyone have an old Amstrad PCW9512 we could beg or borrow (we probably wouldn't resort to stealing)? Has anyone had any positive (or negative) experiences with companies offering migration services? Any advice would be most welcome. Jennie Hill ************************************************************************************************ This e-mail is private and may be confidential and is for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient you are strictly prohibited from using, printing, copying, distributing or disseminating this e-mail or any information contained in it. ************************************************************************************************ We virus scan all E-mails leaving The University of Northampton but no warranty is given that this E-mail and any attachments are virus free. You should undertake your own virus checking. The right to monitor E-mail communications through our networks is reserved by us. ************************************************************************************************