I wonder if these are still readable…

[Arun Welch]

Problem is also finding a device with a working floppy drive :-).

[Paolo Amoroso]

Good catch. Are there retrocomputing groups or museums in your area?

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Problem is also finding a device with a working floppy drive :-).

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[Nick Briggs]

I have a usb connected floppy drive

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[Eleanor Young]

Hey, so do I! Those would be fun to take a look at...

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[Ryan Burnside]

If their IBM format they're very much readable in theroy. 

I connected an external USB floppy drive to my Linux computer a week or so ago to grab some old data. :)

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[Larry Masinter]

There are some 1108 (dandelion) floppy images at 

https://bitsavers.org/bits/Xerox/1108/ suitable for use with the DarkStar dandelion emulatr

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[Michele Denber]

On 11/4/2025 11:45 AM, Arun Welch wrote:

Problem is also finding a device with a working floppy drive :-).

            - Michele

[Arun Welch]

Yup, tried that, and they aren’t readable directly on my Mac or in Parallels. I’ll try them on one of my other Unix machines but I suspect they’re toast.

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