I *think* The Royal Library in Denmark has some 5.25" drives for
retrieving annoying old stuff :-)
I can ask them - or perhaps there is a library near you with the same challenge?
Regards,
Ole
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 2:50 PM, John Williams (NMC)
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> A colleague in the Museum has asked if we might be able to recover data from a 5.25 inch floppy disc.
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> Like many of you we have disposed of all the devices we had that used this format but I wondered if anyone here might be able to suggest someone who still has the ability to read these discs ?
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