Migrating files on older Mac floppy disks to CD disks

Hi-was wondering what would be the best process to copy files that are on old floppy disks (circ 1991) that were originally formatted on Mac, to a CD. My husband happens to have a older PC with a floppy drive but it did not recognize my floppy disk. Is it best to purchase a Macintosh floppy drive? Or is there something else I could do to transfer these files to CD? I have a Mac Mini.
Thanks, Amy

Hi, Amy -
If your disks are DSDD (Double Density), your only option is to find or contract for older hardware that can read them. The last Apple machine that was capable of reading DSDD/Variable Speed disks had built-in floppy drives (i.e. the beige G3 era). If your disks are DSHD (High Density), then you have the option of attaching a USB floppy drive to your Mac Mini; but a PC isn't going to prove useful in either scenario.
If you don't have a neighbor or other volunteer to do the conversion for you, there are services out there that will for a fee:
http://retrofloppy.com
http://rich12345.tripod.com/disktransfer/index.html

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