On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 1:53 PM Warner Losh via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> OK. I have just read in a bunch of Rainbow disks. Most of them read fine on
> the first, second or third try. Some have a sector or three amiss (I've not
> yet checked to see if those sectors are mapped to the filesystem or not).
> Some appear to be 'unformatted' though sometimes they read with errors.
> These disks have what appears to be some kind of grime/mold/??? on their
> surface.
>
> Is there a good way to read these diskettes? To clean the grime off and
> allow the floppy to spin (they all are super loud)...
>
> At the rate things are going, there will be 5-10 of these...
>
> Warner
>

This rig can do the job ==> https://www.ebay.com/itm/303620862566

Sellam

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