9 Jan
2023
9 Jan
'23
6:23 p.m.
On Sun, Jan 8, 2023, 6:29 PM Zane Healy via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
When reading old floppies, how often is it advisable
to clean the drive?
I managed the first 3.5” floppies no problem, I’m using a USB Floppy Drive
hooked up to my Mac Laptop, I was able to image them using “Disk Utility”.
The next two floppies have had errors. Though I think I was able to
successfully copy all the files off the one.
Also, what is floppy drive cleaning fluid made of, and how well does it
age? I know I’ve got at least a couple cleaning floppies around here, but
they’re *OLD*.
Also, a normal USB Floppy drive can only handle 1.44MB formatted floppies.
720k might work (but there is nothing in the standards to describe this)
and oddball formats are right out.
Warner