Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

> I'm not sure if these are 5.25 or 3.5 inch discs.

Very likely 3"1/2 inches disks although most of my Amiga disks, which I still have, are 5"1/4 (5"1/4 were way cheaper than 3"1/2 so we'd mod our Amiga by adding an external 5" 1/4 drive and then we'd buy the much cheaper 5" 1/4 floppies).

Now... After all these years several of these floppies may not be fully readable anymore so don't wait too long before ripping them. My C64 5"1/4 started failing badly. I'd say maybe 2/3rd of them are still readable without errors. Haven't tried reading my Amiga floppies yet.

And I don't know if the 3"1/2 age better than the 5"1/4 or not.

But they'll eventually start failing.



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: