[ Kevin McElhone wrote in 140902 MMDigest:

> I completed this list in 1990 ... The listing work was done on
> an IBM mainframe computer and saved to 8-inch floppy disks.

Hi Kevin,  If the 8-inch floppy disks are in standard (IBM) format
they will still be readable providing they have not been ill treated
too badly.  Until around 12 years ago I used these on a small
"multi-computer" which had both 8- and 5.25-inch floppy disk drives.

I don't know of anyone who can do this data recovery now on a
'friendly' basis, but there is a firm called Apex Technology who
can do this professionally.  Visit http://www.disktransfer.co.uk/ 
for details.  The service is not listed on their main Apex site
at http://apextechnology.co.uk/ 

It may be very expensive but they do say give us a ring and ask, 
so it may be worth a try.

Bob Kissick - North West Player Piano Association
Lancashire, UK

 [ The first IBM floppy disk drives were sold in 1971!  More at
 [ http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/floppy/ 
 [ -- Robbie