My (fuzzy) recollection is that these diskettes used FM, not MFM. So
you'd need:
1. An Apple II
2. A Mac SE or older, probably, with an Apple-compatible 5.25" external
drive
3. *Maybe* a COPYII Options Board would do it in an old PC; probably
you'd need the first version of the board, not later ones.
4. I'm unaware of tools on the unix side, but there MUST have been
FM-compatible drives way back when. Good luck trying to find one
now, though!
Ahhh; the nostalgia is palpable....
-BPB
University of Michigan...
AntiVirus Team Leader <http://virusbusters.itcs.umich.edu>
Data Recovery Team Leader <http://www.itcs.umich.edu/data-recovery>
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On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 07:47 -0700, sety martin wrote:
Hi all,
I would appreciate any help in trying to resolve a
problem I am having.
I am trying to recover data from some 5.25 inch disks.
They came off an older Apple system. (Apple 2?).
I have tried using dd, Ghost, Encase, FTK, Winhex and
Norton Utilites to view/image these diskettes without
any success.
It is not clear to me if there is still valid data on
these disks. My experience has shown me that data on
a 5.25 inch can get corrupted over time. Does anyone
know if the tools above could successfully read these
disks? I am using a 1.2 Mb drive. If these tools
can't do the job, does anyone know of a definitive way
to get at this data using an x86 or Sun system?
Thanks all,
Sety
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