> On Oct 29, 2016, at 10:05 PM, Peter Cetinski <p...@pski.net> wrote:
> 
> I’ve recently acquired a rare complete set of 10 TRS-XENIX 1.0 Development 
> System floppy disks.  I’ve done quite a bit of 8” disk imaging so I'm fairly 
> comfortable using ImageDisk, cleaning disk heads, etc.  I’ve run into a 
> scenario with these disks that I have not had to deal with before.  Since 
> this is the only complete set of this software I’ve ever seen, I need to be 
> really careful with how I proceed.  The media itself looks pretty good.  No 
> scratches, no blotches.  However, on a number of disks the sleeves have 
> warped.  I am afraid that this will damage the media when I spin them up.  
> I’m thinking of cutting open the sleeves and placing the media in new 8” 
> floppy sleeves.  I’ve also heard about baking the media, although I’ve never 
> tried this and not sure of its value.  
> 
> What are your thoughts on how to proceed?

Just to clarify, I meant the plastic floppy disk case when I said “sleeve". 

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