Just wanted to know this was a complete success. I was able to read 95% of the DSDD 5.25” disks I tried. I’m still combing through things, but DOSBOX runs everything great, even the Tandy apps.

As a special thank-you, I’ve attached the 1988 Tandy 1000 Christmas Demo program that my dad use to run on the display computers when he was a manager at Radio Shack. It contains loops from Kings Quest IV, Thexder, Space Quest, etc. Runs best in DOSBOX with ‘machine=Tandy’ in the configuration file. This was from a 23-year-old floppy!

Joe

From: Nicholas Oas [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 8:33 AM
To: Joe Mesterhazy
Subject: RE: [MSUNAG] 5.25" floppy drive?

Joe-

I am very much interested in knowing the outcome of this process.

IF you have any troubles reading the data, you may find this resource helpful:

http://archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Rescuing_Floppy_Disks

I’m a big fan of ArchiveTeam and Jason Scott’s work, so I wish you the best of luck \o/

-Nicholas

Nicholas Oas

Network Security Staff

Academic Technology Services

Michigan State University

301 Computer Center

East Lansing, MI 48824-1024

(517) 432-5313

From: Joe Mesterhazy [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 10:12 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [MSUNAG] 5.25" floppy drive?

I’m wondering if anyone has a 5.25” floppy drive laying around they no longer need? I found all my old floppies back from my DOS BBS days and I’m hoping to find some treasures in there. I’m pretty sure they are low density.

Joe

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Joe Mesterhazy

Radiology Engineering Group

MSU Department of Radiology

(517) 884-3298