8" floppy system needed to recover old game data

On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 06:56:49 +0200 "Nico de Jong" <nico at FARUMDATA.DK> wrote: Think about the density of the data on the diskettes (this is not a comment meant as a defense for the poor quality of magnetic media, just part of the discussion) A 1.44M floppy diskette puts a lot more data in a smaller area. The highest density 8" media I ever had was DSDD, or 720K on the big 8" surface. That's a LOT larger disk and hence a much lower density. Plus, the world of computers today has a lot more room for junk/commodity media. Anybody using floppy diskettes in 1976 had serious heavy-duty reasons for doing so. And those diskettes were EXPENSIVE. The disks you can get now at the Walgreens or a grocery store aren't the same. Further, there's no market for a high quality diskette, because 'high quality' customers have moved on to newer mediums. I got handed a new shrinkwrapped box of 8" diskettes recently at work. Finally everybody there is getting to know I am the person to hand stuff to. I'm soon to get a nice desktop HP pen plotter, too.