Anybody got a PPG Waveterm?

[Paul Maddox]

Very nice. I'd frame them myself :)
Alas a PPG wave term won't help as it says they're for a fair light (I
assume series I).


On Monday, 26 November 2012, Tony Scharf wrote:

> We have some floppies this size at work we found in storage from back
> then.  To our surprise they were still readable.  The data on them was
> worthless now, but I was surprised.
>
> It will all depend on how well they were stored.  If they were left in
> drawer and not shuffled about or subjected to a damp environment they could
> actually work.
>
> Tony
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Joost Schuttelaar <
> joost at joostschuttelaar.nl <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'joost at joostschuttelaar.nl');>> wrote:
>
>> On 26 nov. 2012, at 13:23, Andrew Robinson <andrew at bml.co.uk<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'andrew at bml.co.uk');>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > If so, what do you recon the chances are of being able to read anything
>> off these floppies from 1984?
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Frankie-Goes-To-Hollywood-original-Fairlight-floppy-discs-set-of-4-rare-genuine-/330834579322?pt=UK_Music_Music_Memorabilia_LE&hash=item4d07470f7a
>>
>>
>> Awesome :) With a normal drive, I think the chance is very low. But using
>> special tools, since the data density is low, you might be able to read
>> them? Nice project for a student perhaps :)
>>
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>> Joost Schuttelaar
>> The Hague, NL
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