Here's a weird request. I've nearly exhausted my campus connections on this one, so I'm turning to you, oh diligent reader: I have a data cartridge with some stuff I wrote quite a while ago. Ten years ago, in fact. Now I can't find a drive that will read it.

Ten years ago I'd just started my intenship at MacWEEK magazine, and during the more boring parts I wrote, and saved it onto what I thought would be the most long-lived media of the time: A 650mb 5.25" Magneto-Optical cartridge.

It was state of the art, and was supposed to last upwards of 100 years without losing data. The problem of course is that the media is far more permanent than the drives that wrote to it.

Now, barely 10% of the way through the media's life, I can't find a drive that can read it. I just want to pull a file or two off that are personally important to me, and I can't find a way to do it.

The drive that wrote it was either a Pinnacle Micro or an Alphatronix 5.25" MO drive. Does anyone have one, or know anyone who might? If anyone can help me with this, I'll definitely make it worth your while.

Thanks in advance...