From: fjkraan@xs4all.nl   
      
   wmikrut@comcast.net wrote:   
   > On Thu, 5 Mar 2009 10:04:30 -0800 (PST), sid.huff@connections-usa.com   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> One of our customers has data on some old 8" TRS-80 floppy disks and   
   >> needs this data retrieved.  Know anyone who can/would do this for a   
   >> reasonable price and put on a CD?   
   >> Thx, Sid Huff / Connections USA / sid.huff@connections-usa.com /   
   >> 770.479.7508   
   >   
   >   
   > Wow... I haven't seen an 8" disk since the days of B Model AS/400s   
   > back in the early 90's.   
   >   
   > The 8" disks have a longer shelf life than the 5.25 disks, but I doubt   
   > they would be readable after so many years. (unless they have been in   
   > constant use up until recently).   
   >   
   > You could try contacting a data retrieval company -- but the medium   
   > may have degraded if they were not stored in absolutle pristine   
   > condition and unused for 10 or more years.   
      
   Recently I had no problem reading very similar 8" floppies written in   
   1981 (actual original DEC RX01 SS SD). But as I am in The Netherlands,   
   I'm not the first choice to ship to ;-).   
      
   Fred Jan   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)