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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Are you sure about that? Pournelle pioneered writing on a computer, writing on a Z-80 back in the late 70's. I would think that he had electronic copies of all his books.
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When was the last time you saw a working CPM machine (not in a museum)?
Did it have 8" floppies or 5.25" floppies?
I would be surprised if data was recoverable without extraordinary (expensive) means.
Old Early floppies tend to jam in their sleeves. If it does, the disk is now toast
Data print through/bleed-over is another lurker.
Not saying ALL will fail. I have many open reel tapes (some Quad). The Mylar ones play nicely, the acetate ones
) Good quality media, treated nice can survive.