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Thanks to PCBWay: https://pcbway.com/g/ynWgss A workmate’s thesis is trapped on a stack of thirty-something-year-old floppy disks, and that is exactly the kind of rescue mission a KryoFlux is built for. But before I can start recovering the data, there is one problem: my KryoFlux setup is still a chaotic mess of loose cables, adapters, power leads, and floppy drives. So in this episode, I finally tackle a long-planned project: building an open-frame mounting rig for the KryoFlux and its drives, designed for better handling, cleaner cable management, and easier drive swapping. Once the rig is finished, I put it to work on those 30-something year old floppy disks, capturing MFM sector images, and checking what can still be recovered. In this episode: 00:00 Intro 00:48 What's A KryoFlux Anyway? 01:45 How I Built A KryoFlux Mounting Rig 06:24 How To Save Old Floppy Disks With KryoFlux 09:31 Using KryoFlux For Software Preservation 11:32 Conclusion 🔔 Subscribe for more retro hardware adventures! Want to join THE PHINTAGE SUPPORTERS or THE PHINTAGE ENTHUSIASTS community and get a mention in an upcoming video? Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/@THEPHINTAGECOLLECTOR/join This video was made possible with support by: THE PHINTAGE ENTHUSIASTS: Alisha Manuela Stutz Christian Zerrahn David Schell Ernesto Leonardo Bertola Waseem al sammane ZyeByteVT THE PHINTAGE SUPPORTERS: Aaron Aluatis Balint Szikszay Brian Repinski CaffeinePizza Cecil Chip Smith Cinemint Media Clank CompuDroid Diego Valle GrayT! Ian Cobb ihartmacz Jack Beckman Jack Rosenthal Lord Pingvin Luke Granger-Brown Matthew Veety Mlok Karel MS-DOS Manfred nadrazhul PPCEmulator Roy Edmund Antaw ryaxnb SoftMASCII Steven Glogger Wobinu Films xcalibur839 Z098 Visit also THE PHINTAGE COLLECTOR website at https://www.thephintagecollector.ch for insights into my retro computer collection. This presentation, Copyright @ 2025 THE PHINTAGE COLLECTOR, Gianpaolo Del Matto. All rights reserved. Individual Copyrights apply for referenced material (see sources). Music composed by 🎶 Abdallah El-Ghannam https://ag.blahblah.studio | https://www.fiverr.com/abdallahghannam 🎶 rootkitty | https://soundcloud.com/rootkitty ℹ️ Sources: Official KryoFlux and SPS sources https://kryoflux.com/ https://www.kryoflux.com/download/kryoflux_manual.pdf https://www.softpres.org/ Technical and format references https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000610.shtml https://www.kryoflux.com/download/kryoflux_stream_protocol_rev1.1.pdf http://www.softpres.org/kryoflux:stream Archivist and preservation guides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_preservation https://github.com/archivistsguidetokryoflux/archivists-guide-to-kryoflux/blob/master/README.md https://www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/the-archivist-s-guide-to-kryoflux https://www.dpconline.org/blog/kryoflux-manual Context and case studies https://journal.code4lib.org/articles/11986 https://openpreservation.org/blogs/8-disk-recovery-kryoflux-and-catweasel/ https://goughlui.com/2013/04/21/project-kryoflux-part-3-recovery-in-practise/ Practical institutional workflow examples https://nypl.github.io/digarch/tools/kryoflux.html https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/ARCHIVESPROCESSING/Kryoflux%2Bsoftware Alternatives to KryoFlux https://applesaucefdc.com/ https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle/wiki/Purchase-a-Greaseweazle https://cowlark.com/fluxengine/index.html https://www.cbmstuff.com/index.php?route=product%2Fproduct&product_id=52 3D Prints https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=kryoflux&page=1 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5232526