Syquest druve owner in 541 area code? (Usa)

[John Foust]

At 08:17 PM 11/8/2020, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
> Thus came into my site, if you can help contact me privatelthanks
>...
>            I have an old Syquest 5.25" removable cartridge (44MB) and am
>trying to find a service that will get the graphics data off the cartridge
>for me. If you have any suggestions I'd LOVE to hear them. It seems
>impossible to find anyone with a functioning drive to read this thing.

I was thinking about firing up the old (late 80s?) drive I have in storage
and trying to image the carts I have.

What should I watch for?  Any typical failure mode?

- John