Data Recovery from a 5.25" Floppy (Apple IIc)

[Victor808]

Originally Posted by jledou

Maybe check computer departments at some local universities to see if they have some laying around or on display that could read it. I don't think you will be getting it "off" the disk unless you hand write whats in the file.

Along that note, if you could just print it, then re-scan it into a modern computer with text recognition.

I know my parents still have a disassembled IIe laying around the house, I'm sure finding one with a printer shouldn't' be impossible.

In the end, it depends on just how badly you want that data.

[DBall]

Tell him to hop in the Delorean and make sure to have enough road to hit 88MPH...

[8zeros]

I've done this kind of job before and have an idea, but it involves a lot of work, skill and luck.

Get an old computer with a floppy drive and a CDRW.
Load some kind of Linux.
Read the raw data from the floppy to the hard drive.
Copy the data to the CD. Take it to an Apple computer. Maybe it will read it.

or

Use some kind of hex editor in Linux to extract the data.

Don't know if it will work but worth a try.