I found a 3.5" USB floppy drive without much problem and all of my ancient linux skills around mformat, mcd, mcopy came back like riding a bike. That doesn't really help you but I miss this list and just wanted to reply :-/
- Rob . On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 9:47 AM Moshe M. Katz <mmk...@umd.edu> wrote: > There was a time when the first place I would look for an 8" floppy drive > would have been your parents' basement. > I miss talking about electronics and computers with your father. > > I don't know if/when/where/how DoD runs surplus property sales, but if > they do, that's where I'd look: > https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/25/20931800/usa-nuclear-8-inch-floppy-disk-solid-state-transition > > Moshe > > -- > Moshe Katz > mmk...@umd.edu > (301) 867-3732 > > > > > On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 7:48 PM Judah Milgram <milg...@cgpp.com> wrote: > >> If you can find a 5.25" USB floppy drive let me know - I want one! I >> never did find one. >> >> But I might be able to help you out with an actual drive. You'll need an >> old CPU with an FD drive and the appropriate cable. I've been migrating >> my data too and find that I have a low rate of success with the 5.25" >> floppies. But it's still better than nothing. >> >> Contact me offline. >> >> FWIW I have a 3.5" USB floppy drive and it works surprisingly well. >> Pretty inexpensive too. >> >> My data migration project makes me soooo happy that floppies are a thing >> of the past. >> >> Related to this: I inherited about a dozen 8" floppies apparently with >> data. Anyone out there have a drive? >> >> Judah >> >> >> On 10/25/19 5:39 PM, Peter Teuben wrote: >> > you can get USB floppy drives, i've had a friend 1 or 2 years ago come >> > to me solving their old data problem. worked just fine. >> > >> > On 10/25/19 11:35 PM, Howard Sanner wrote: >> >> Is this thing still on? >> >> >> >> Does anyone know where I might get a working 5.25" floppy drive, >> >> preferably a 1.2 MB drive? >> >> >> >> I am trying to help a friend migrate a database that it took him many >> >> years to create to more modern media. I suspect there are data >> >> conversion services that can do this, but, at least for the moment, >> >> we're going to try the do it yourself route. Re-creating the database >> >> from source documents would be impractical to impossible, even if my >> >> friend's health permitted trying, which it does not. >> >> >> >> Thanks for any ideas you may have. >> >> >> >> Howard Sanner >> >> linux-au...@terrier.ampexguy.com >> >> >> >> You received this email because you are subscribed to the UM Linux >> >> User's Group (UM-LINUX) mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe >> >> from this list, simply send an email to lists...@listserv.umd.edu >> with >> >> the message signoff UM-LINUX in the body. >> > >> > You received this email because you are subscribed to the UM Linux >> > User's Group (UM-LINUX) mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe >> > from this list, simply send an email to lists...@listserv.umd.edu with >> > the message signoff UM-LINUX in the body. >> >> >> -- >> Judah Milgram >> milg...@cgpp.com >> 301-257-7069 >> >> You received this email because you are subscribed to the UM Linux User's >> Group (UM-LINUX) mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe from this >> list, simply send an email to lists...@listserv.umd.edu with the message >> signoff UM-LINUX in the body. >> > You received this email because you are subscribed to the UM Linux User's > Group (UM-LINUX) mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe from this > list, simply send an email to lists...@listserv.umd.edu with the message > signoff UM-LINUX in the body. You received this email because you are subscribed to the UM Linux User's Group (UM-LINUX) mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe from this list, simply send an email to lists...@listserv.umd.edu with the message signoff UM-LINUX in the body.
