old-style floppy discs

[craigiep]

Is there any current method of accessing stuff written on old-style floppy discs? The ones I'm referring to were about 6 inches square and double-sided. I still have boxes of them and they contain documents of stuff I've written, but is there any way I can now retrieve that stuff?

[dannywells]

the interface for these drives arent found on the later pcs any more

id guess you should find an old pc (ebay) that has both the 5.25 floppy and the 3.5 and transfer to the newer discs which can be read on newer pcs then pop them on to cd (using the new PC) as even 3.5 floppys are dissapearing fast

[dodgyshirt]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Used-5-25-inch-High-Dens ity-Floppy-Disk-Drive_W0QQitemZ280078749837QQi hZ018QQcategoryZ16145QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQ cmdZViewItem

[dannywells]

when i say interface i dont mean the drive i mean the connector for the drive

[Edd2007]

Hi I`m new on here but I like the retro scene and still use an Amiga now and again. Anyway there is this company that makes things for the amiga and this product does what your after and is for for a pc aswell. have a look

http://www.jschoenfeld.com/products/cwmk3_e.ht m

Edd

[Edd2007]

I`m back to mention here is some one who stocks it in the UK and is in stock at present . But be free to have a look around.

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/pr oduct_info.php?cPath=42&products_id=206&osCsid =7f604dd5cb0d6ad1dfb48f6dc1ef431a

Edd

[dannywells]

the above product has noting to do with the question

[Edd2007]

If you read the links properly it does.

the firts link mentions the product I have pointed out is a pc card that lets someone connect many different types of media devices and it will let you read them.

In english it is an interface for a 5 and a bit inch floppy disk drive, and is what the question asked. So the person in question can transfer the information to and from the disks.

The second links was just to shown where he could get the product from. I know it mentioned the amiga but it is an amiga web shop but it did mention windows drivers and software.

Edd

[Edd2007]

this link give more info to back up what I have said so far

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CatWeasel