[time-nuts] OT: Wanted desperately - LS-120 disk drive

[David C. Partridge]

Yep - that's OK for the future, reminds me that one day I must
build/buy/scrounge a middle aged Pentium and fit it with 5 1/4", 3.5", 3"
floppy, MO and other kit to read OLD stuff.  Plus adapters for laptop IDE
drives before they vanish.   

Right now tho' ...

D.

-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of Justin Pinnix
Sent: 04 December 2009 18:35
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: Wanted desperately - LS-120 disk drive

David,

You probably know this already, but you can walk into any electronics store
and buy a 16GB USB thumb drive for 20 dollars that will hold the equivalent
of 136 LS-120 floppies.  You might be better served by moving your
collection to a more modern media.

Remember that magnetic media (disks, tapes) have a limited shelf life.  In
particular, I've had a lot of problem with floppies written with one drive
not being readable on another.

Thanks,
-JP