On 19.01.20 20:19, Max Pyziur wrote:
Greetings,
Unlike 3.5 inch diskettes, where there are USB drives available, there is no such thing for 5 1/4 ones.
I have some 5-1/4 diskettes which have data that I never bothered to transfer to newer types of media. So, I'm looking for recommendations in this regard: - buy a 5-1/4 interal drive on eBay and try to make it work in Linux? - find a service that will transfer the data at a cost?
I'm not 100 % sure, but I guess I still possess a 5 1/4" drive and the cable for it - I need to look into my computer parts boxes -.
If you're living in germany I would give away for free (excluding delivery costs)
You need to find a computer/motherboard which offers the connector for it !
I guess it's less used, but old and last used ~30 years ago.
Don't know it it's still running and - as said - if it's still here.
Other question are: - are your disks still readable ? - data on it that worth the effort ?