There are 2 fellas in IPF that have collected and maintained older drives for things like this.  I don’t know if they have these specific items, but I’ll bet they’d be interested in helping.

 

Scott Friend – IPF FIS group.  [log in to unmask]

Bod Gress – IPF Telecom.  [log in to unmask]

 

 

Chris Doerr

Information Technologist I

Support Services

Infrastructure Planning and Facilities
Michigan State University

Phone: 517.432.0225 | Fax: 517.353.5001

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From: Bosman, Don [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 8:52 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [MSUNAG] FW: SyQuest and Magneto-optical disk drives

 

Any really old storage drives you’ve been saving for just such a moment?

 

Thanks.

 

Don Bosman

Information Technologist

MSU Libraries

366 W. Circle Drive  -  Rm.W441

East Lansing, MI 48824-1048

517-884-0873

 

 

 

 

From: Edge, Ryan
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 8:18 AM
To: LibraryStaff <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: SyQuest and Magneto-optical disk drives

 

Hi All,

We have a number of antiquated digital storage media in Special Collections. The priority disk formats targeted for content migration/recovery are a few dozen 5.25" SyQuest cartridges (88MB, 200MB) and 3.5" magneto-optical (MO) cartridges (650MB, 1.3GB).

 

Why I’m bothering you with this: before wading into the online gray market to acquire the appropriate drives (drive models are compatible with only certain disk capacities), I thought I'd put a call out to the collective. A long shot, I know, but sometimes people get lucky—or so I hear.

If you could also pass this along or can recommend someone to get in touch with, that would also be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

-- 

Ryan Edge | Media & Digital Preservation Librarian

Michigan State University Libraries

edger[at]msu[dot]edu | 517-884-5929