Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] floppy disk reader ?

turbulatordude wrote:

>hi all,
>
>I have about 1,000 floppies in the closet and boxes and such and want
>to get rid of them.
>
>I was thinking about taking a floppy drive and making a small machine
>that would insert a floppy and then copy it, then eject it.
>
>3 eject piles, good, bad disk, and did not insert disk.
>
>I have searched for anything that can do this and came up empty.
>
>any suggestions on things to watch out for ?
>
>Anyone know if there are any software gotch-ya's on errors from a bad
>disk ?
>
>I am pretty sure I can connect the disk present sensor to the parallel
>port to signal the start.
>
>
>

Search eBay for anybody selling an old floppy duplicator machine. They'd
be pretty much scrap status now. That should have a good, reliable
mechanism
to use. You'd have to line up the top side and insert edge in the input
stack
for that to work.

Jon