Really interesting research by Dr Leontien Talboom (@theUL) and Chris Knowles (@ChuArchives) on 5.25-inch floppy disks. Feels like there's always something new to learn about these carriers! digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/raw-flux-strea… #DigitalPreservation
Chris Knowles and I have done more work around 5.25-inch floppy disks! Thanks Richard Lehane Tyler Thorsted Archivist Liz Computing History for all your help!
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Exciting unboxing event this morning at the Cambridge University Library: our new (used) 3-inch floppy drive! #DigitalPreservation
Interesting conversation with Cambridge University Library Conservation colleagues today about cleaning and housing magnetic disks and disk drives. It's great to work with colleagues interested in caring for different kinds of objects and materials! #DigitalPreservation
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Stephen McConnachie Cambridge University Library Lol you joke but Dr Leontien Talboom and I were so excited!
Noah Nonsense Cambridge University Library That's correct about 3.5-inch disks, but the drive in the photo is a 3-inch drive for reading 3-inch disks.
Brenna Edwards eBay, so we'll need to first test whether it works using none-collection disks.