Post #1479355

2026-04-18 13:39 UTC

Do I know anyone in DFW who can retrieve the content on 5 1/4 floppies? I have some really old stuff I found - the very first game I wrote actually - that I&#39;d like to recover (and fix - damn there&#39;s still a dumb bug I remember). #dfw #dallas #retrocomputing

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@TTimo@mastodon.social 2026-04-18 13:42

My local car mechanic actually has a working IBM PC in his waiting room with a drive. I could probably try to read the disk, but I have no way to get it out. Maybe with some serial to usb thing?

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@daj@gofer.social 2026-04-18 13:42

@TTimo@mastodon.social DFW?

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@eibriel@mstdn.games 2026-04-18 14:09

@TTimo@mastodon.social reading an old floppy takes some care. Ive a link somewhere with advice in how to do it. Will post it here when I find it

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@JohnJBurnsIII@kzoo.to 2026-04-18 15:14

@TTimo@mastodon.social Check local community college computer programs. They may have old hardware in lab classes - teaching repair, OS installs, that kind of thing. Alternately - local "Maker Spaces" - they may have old computer equipment amongst their other hobby tools... for example our Kazoo Makers... https://kzoomakers.org Just some ideas...

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@jae@mastodon.bsd.cafe 2026-05-18 12:06

@TTimo@mastodon.social if you still have an issue, contact me on dc. i'm not close, but could be soon.

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