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.
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Bod Gress – IPF Telecom.
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Chris Doerr
Information Technologist I
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Michigan State University
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From: Bosman, Don [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 8:52 AM
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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
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East Lansing, MI 48824-1048
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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,
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Ryan Edge |
Media & Digital Preservation Librarian
Michigan State University Libraries
edger[at]msu[dot]edu | 517-884-5929