Re: Beware survival bias
I have an working 8" floppy drive and a bunch of 8" disks, how would you connect them to a modern laptop?
Well, just based on this video I'd use a PII running Win98. Those are IBM Type 1 disks though, which might be older than yours.
Either way, you need to start thinking about getting the data off those disks and onto something newer, as the substrate will start breaking down over the next five-ten years. Backup now, regret never.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
