[vcf-midatlantic] Getting Data off old Atari Floppies

[John Heritage]

Dear Hobbyists,

I went to VCF East 2014 and I remember a really good presentation on the
best practices for getting data off of old floppies..   things like
assuming your first read may be your only successful read,  etc..

Can someone point me to a web link or send me the tips for restoring data
off of old floppies?

I have a # of old floppies including (I believe) snapshots of an Atari 8bit
BBS I used to run with my father.  Some floppies are in OK condition,
others not.. and I need to know the order of operations for preventing
damage to 'future floppies', etc..  Should I be cleaning the drive after
every single disk?   what's the best way to clean the drive?, etc...

I plan to use a USB or RS232 to SIO type adapter and probably the Atarimax
APE software (windows or DOS, tbd) as the 'destination',

Thanks much :)

P.S.  Bonus points if someone can tell me if a 1050 is suitable for doing
all of this work..  My old floppies are a mixture of 810 format (single
density) and 1050 (dual density).     I also think some 810 disks were
written in happy drive format, but I believe a 1050 will still read them,
just not as fast as a happy 810 drive would..

John H