Computer Archeology: Reading of 5,25" disks
Today, the long-term archive of the chair in communication Systems and IT Services/eScience have successfully extracted data from several 5,25" disks of a colleague in microsystem-engineering. The data dated from around 1990 and was still readable. Connecting a Fitting drive proved somewhat of a challenge.
A 5,25 drive from 1994 at bwPC II. A special adapter was necessary to connect the drive to electricity.