On 1/19/23 17:22, Tony Jones via cctalk wrote: > The first thing one should do is obtain an image of the disk. I'd hate > for some guy to continue to have a conviction on their record because some > (well meaning) community member messed up the disk. > Does anyone remember the TV series "The New Detectives" from about 25 years ago? One episode featured law enforcement, (Naval CIS maybe) who apprehended a suspect who quietly cut a 5.25" disk into pieces using pinking shears. The guys in the lab assembled the bits on another (intact) disk using some sort of adhesive and a sacrificial drive. They got enough of the guy's journal for a conviction. In the background on a system, you can see the display from AnaDisk...
So, nihil sub sole novum. --Chuck