One of the things I do in https://datamuseum.dk/wiki is reading ancient (mostly 8") floppy disks into our BitArchive.
Recently I have worked a lot on my FloppyTools package and now it also comes with an example of why I have written Yet Another Floppy Reading Program in the first place:
https://github.com/Datamuseum-DK/FloppyTools/blob/main/README.md
PS: Have you ever wondered what the worlds second-worst CRC16 syndrome is ?
https://github.com/Datamuseum-DK/FloppyTools/blob/e5d6951230e2e6fd244dc8828384d78837ae18c3/floppytools/dg_nova.py#L63
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