I acquired a load of C64 disks some time back that were all completely
soaked. I just let them sit for a couple weeks in my basement and they
worked just fine.
Dan
On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, David C. Jenner wrote:
> Normally you need to "freeze dry" something like this. That means
> slightly heating it (heat lamp through a window into the Bell jar or
> vacuum chamber) and having a "cold trap", which is a cold surface
> to freeze off all the moisture. You don't wantt to run all the moisture
> through the mechanical pump. It takes a good, two-stage mechanical
> pump to do it. You probably need to get down to about 200 microns
> to freeze it all off. When you suddenly get lower pressures, you know
> you're done.
>
> Dave
>
> George Rachor wrote:
> >
> > Greetings Max,
> >
> > Any chance of using a Bell jar at a local school to create a vaccum to
> > draw out all the moisture?
> >
> > If so do it very slowly....
> >
> > George
> >
> > =========================================================
> > George L. Rachor george_at_racsys.rt.rain.com
> > Beaverton, Oregon http://racsys.rt.rain.com
> >
> > On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Max Eskin wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > I just picked up a bag full of 5.25" disks, that are completely
> > > soaked by rain. How do I dry them so that
> > > a)they are usable at least long enough to transfer the software
> > > b)I run a reasonable chance of saving the labels
> > >
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Received on Fri Jun 19 1998 - 09:40:28 BST