On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:17:52 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Acorn floppies are usually formatted using a different FS to a PC.
Called ADFS. But they can also be formatted for DOS and Atari, here
on this RPC.

The Sydex utilities off Simtel although ancient are of about the right
vintage to stand a chance of reading one on a suitably equipped PC.

But do many PCs have floppies these days?

I've got one right next to me. Mind, it is a 10yo XP machine... Can't
imagine it'd read a Beeb-formatted disk, though. If there's anything
readable on it after several decades.