Date   : Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:16:04 -0000
From   : jasonwatton@... (Jason Joe Watton (Hotmail))
Subject: Re-using floppies

From: "Tim Fardell" <tim.fardell@...>
To: <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Re-using floppies

> Sorry a bit off-topic I know, but does anyone happen to know what
> format the Epson QX-10 computer used, and whether the discs would be
> recoverable on a standard PC drive?

I've had reports from two users of QX-10 disks but neither have supplied any 
evidence for the disks.
If you have some of these disks, please try them in a PC using OmniFlop 
(http://www.shlock.co.uk/Utils/OmniFlop) and select 'Diagnostics' and 'Get 
Disk Map' - send me the disk map, or look yourself (it's an ASCII file). It 
shows what the PC can see natively.

> My original QX-10 disks have been stored in a damp environment for a
> few years, and show visible deterioration, and the QX-10 drives can
> no-longer read them :-(

Not too promising...

Jason.