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pintoguy:
Unfortunately, the Lisa OS diskettes are not readable, and I see some wear marks on the disk surface.
Omnis was made by "Blyth Computers Limited" from the UK (not Organization Software Corporation as the spreadsheet says). The company still exists today. See here https://www.omnis.net/about-omnis/. They even have a photo of the founder using the Omnis 3 software on a Mac (pic below). I have sent an email to them, asking if they still have images of these floppies.
stepleton:
If they'd prefer to deal with someone in the UK (and you're not here), feel free to enlist me!
pintoguy:
Thanks @stepleton. No reply yet, but will surely call on you if needed.
rayarachelian:
@pintoguy - not sure but perhaps BLU can ignore the bad sectors and enough of it can be recovered?If not BLU, then maybe something like CopyIIMac?
Might be worth trying to recover these anyway, perhaps the damage is to unused sectors or sample files.
pintoguy:
Thanks Ray. All the floppies I got when I bought that particular Lisa threw errors. I suspect they had been stored in a garage that was very hot in the summer. They all show patches of hazy stuff on the surface, and I plan on wiping them with IPA before trying to read them again. Thanks for the tip on using BLU. I will try.
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