5 Jan
2016
5 Jan
'16
1:07 p.m.
200 disks, especially if they weren't in great
shape, can take some time.
I assume they wanted full data recovery using all
possible means,
plus conversion of all the documents to a modern
format.
With one-of-a-kind stuff, you don't have the luxury of experimenting and
playing around with it. You have to make sure you aren't
destroying them further while trying to read them-
sometimes you only get
one chance and the mylar coating comes right off. After that,
it's over.
Fair point. Thinking further on it, it would be a softly, softly approach.
Terry (Tez)
On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 10:03 AM, peter <peter at rittwage.com> wrote:
On 2016-01-05 15:56, Terry Stewart wrote:
I wonder how it could take them three months to
figure something out.
Maybe Chuck can comment.
Yes, I would have thought an old MSDOS machine with a 360k 5.25 inch
floppy
drive plus Chuck's 22DISK program and the job could have been done in a
day? Might be more too it than it seems maybe...
Terry (Tez)
200 disks, especially if they weren't in great shape, can take some time.
I assume they wanted full data recovery using all possible means, plus
conversion of all the documents to a modern format.
With one-of-a-kind stuff, you don't have the luxury of experimenting and
playing around with it. You have to make sure you aren't destroying them
further while trying to read them- sometimes you only get one chance and
the mylar coating comes right off. After that, it's over.
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Pete Rittwage
Disk Preservation Project
http://diskpreservation.com