converting amiga 500 notepad files to pc text files

[vokri]

Hi everybody,

I have two amiga 500 diskettes containing several notepad short stories written around 1990's. I don't have the technology to do the job myself, so I can send you the actual diskettes by snail mail and you can email me back the notepad files as pc text files. You can keep the diskettes. Thanks

[solarmon]

I can try to recover the files for you. Depending on the state/condition of the floppy disks, it may or may not be successful.

PM me if you are still interested.

[ElectroBlaster]

I am always doing this kind of thing with my old stuff as I find long-forgotten disks, been scanning through thousands of old disks from my own personal stuff so have hit pretty much every issue and workaround. So always happy to help if needed.

[solarmon]

@ElectroBlaster

I'm always interested in how others restore/recover/image their floppy disks. What is your typical workflow and what tools and techniques do you use?

[ElectroBlaster]

Originally Posted by solarmon

@ElectroBlaster

I'm always interested in how others restore/recover/image their floppy disks. What is your typical workflow and what tools and techniques do you use?

Pretty much any hardware and software tool I can get my hands on! I assess the physical state of the disk first. Is it dirty/moldy, does it smell bad. If its dirty/moldy I will throughly clean the magnetic surface with isopropanyl but normally I just give it a quick clean.

I will use qtip thingies and kitchen paper, even gone as far as breaking disks apart to get the magnetic media out.

When attempting reads/writes/archiving I use any combination of these:

Kryoflux
Supercard Pro
Catweasel mk1, mk2, mk3 and mk4
Arduino Floppy Reader/Writer

and of course a real Amiga, A1200 or A4000 depends whatever I have powered up at the time.

Sometimes I have hit a disk that is not only dirty, but needs to be read over and over and over until it finally created a 1:1 copy. Can only assume the magnetic force was wearing out? not sure whats its called lol.

Had this happen with a VERY old Atari ST disk until I got the image perfectly.
The disk is nowhere else! never did find an image of it on the web or archived.

I also want to get a Greaseweasle (think thats how its spelt?) im pretty much into all this imaging lark, also done 5 1/4 disks, old pc stuff, Atari ST etc.

[solarmon]

My flux reader/writer of choice is Greaseweazle - I highly recommend it! Developed and supported by Keir Fraser, of Amiga Test Kit and FlashFloppy fame.

I pair this up with HxC Floppy Emulator Software to provide a visual view of the image - which makes it easier to see whether the image is good or not; and to be able to compare with known good images.

[vokri]

Many thanks ElectroBlaster for your kind help offer. I've sent the diskettes to Solarmon on wednesday, hopefully I'll have my long lost files back

[ElectroBlaster]

Originally Posted by solarmon

My flux reader/writer of choice is Greaseweazle - I highly recommend it! Developed and supported by Keir Fraser, of Amiga Test Kit and FlashFloppy fame.

I pair this up with HxC Floppy Emulator Software to provide a visual view of the image - which makes it easier to see whether the image is good or not; and to be able to compare with known good images.

I need to get my hands on a Greaseweazle! I have a couple HxC's floating about aswell so teaming that software is something I would like to try out.

[ElectroBlaster]

Originally Posted by vokri

Many thanks ElectroBlaster for your kind help offer. I've sent the diskettes to Solarmon on wednesday, hopefully I'll have my long lost files back

No worries

[vokri]

Many thanks to SolarMon in particular for digging my Amiga 500 diskettes and sending the 30 year old lost files me and EAB forums in general for keeping the Amiga flag high.

cheers

[solarmon]

Originally Posted by vokri

Many thanks to SolarMon in particular for digging my Amiga 500 diskettes and sending the 30 year old lost files me and EAB forums in general for keeping the Amiga flag high.

cheers

You're welcome. Glad your disks got here eventually after nearly 1 month!

Enjoy the nostalgia!