Old Floppies

[netmouse]

Is there any point in keeping 3 1/2" floppy disks that none of my computers can read? Is it possible the data is still readable on there (these are over 10 years old), and I just need an older computer (or in some cases a mac) to read them?

Edited to add: so if you have an 1980s/early 1990s mac or other computer, please let me know. I'd like to use the disc drive...

Comments

[dd-b.livejournal.com]

Floppies have a decent chance of being unreadable (short of heroic == expensive measures) in 10 years. If you *do* think you want to try to rescue the data, don't delay. Keeping them for possible future rescue is not a wise choice.

There's a decent shot some of them will be fine right now. If it's old variable-speed Mac disks you pretty much have to find one of those old machines, otherwise modern drives should read them.