I can agree with this , and have one by me for early Muster rolls for Devon which came on 3.5 disks and it works well . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Acorn Cottage" <orange.wasps@live.co.uk> To: <david972scott@btinternet.com>; <norfolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 4:08 PM Subject: Re: [NFK] Old Computer Disks >I think you can still buy peripheral USB diskette readers - try eBay (but > other online stores are available!). > > Ruth > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: norfolk-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:norfolk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Scott >> Sent: 05 January 2012 15:59 >> To: norfolk@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [NFK] Old Computer Disks >> >> Hi All, >> I hope this is not too off topic, but some of the information >> is on Norfolk. >> >> I have taken the opportunity of holidays and bad weather to >> do some genealogical spring-cleaning. I have discovered a >> host of old disks, 5.25 inch and 3.5, which are between ten >> and thirty years old. Several computers on, I find I cannot >> access these pearls of family history, and wonder whether >> anyone knows of ways of retrieving them. I think they are >> probably in Wordstar (God bless it!) >> Any suggestions much appreciated, even if, sadly, that is to >> bin the lot~! >> David Scott. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >