by Denise de Vries | Oct 10, 2016 | flinders.edu.au
The last chapters in the 8″ disk recovery project have been posted on Open Preservation Foundation’s website. 8″ Disk Recovery: Kryoflux and Catweasel Hovering just above the Magnetic Flux Counting Ones and Zeros 8 inch Disks HP9845 endeavour – Success at Last This...
by Denise de Vries | Oct 10, 2016 | flinders.edu.au
The Investigator Transformed exhibition and book is a celebration of 50 years of Flinders University. One of the featured stories is about the Computer Archaeology Lab and the Play It Again project. Read and watch the video in the “Game On” article.
by Denise de Vries | Sep 14, 2016 | flinders.edu.au
After we found out about the fdrawcmd and the characteristics of the Nashua disk and its track 0, we hoped to reproduce it on the relevant disks. Unfortunately no success here. We had to rule out possible problems like: The disks were not formatted at all (because of...
by Denise de Vries | Sep 13, 2016 | flinders.edu.au
Proceeding with our 8″ recovery project: After a short while the 24V power supply and the cable adapter board arrived from the U.S. Both have power requirements and fit traditional PC power cable sockets. To actually connect the 8” drive without external power...
by Denise de Vries | Sep 4, 2016 | flinders.edu.au
The university archive in Freiburg recently received a set of 8” floppy disks which might contain interesting case and research data. The hand-over procedure did not generate much valuable information, but just a stack of those disks with some additional paper stuck...