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Old 11-14-2015, 03:30 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by theducks View Post
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.
Also, I wouldn't assume that the file could be read even if it could be recovered from the storage medium.
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