Re: Tips for caring for floppy disks

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From: John E. Carty
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 00:00

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I thought you could fold them only if you stapled afterwards, this was to
keep the disk from 'Flowering' (unfolding) inside the drive.

George Durbridge wrote in message <906852930.248979@edison.dialix.com.au>...
>This is wrong.  Big diskettes have to be cut, not folded, to go into small
>drives.
>
>Kevin (kevinu_au_nup@hotmail.com) wrote:
>
>: 3. Do not fold diskettes unless they do not fit in the drive. "Big"
>: diskettes may be folded and used in "little" disk drives.
>
>--
>/* George Durbridge, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia */
>/* tel 61 (03) 9280 3390      fax 61 (03) 9280 3355 */
>/* gdurb@melbourne.dialix.com.au                    */
>

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From: "John E. Carty" <jecarty@NOSPAM.centuryinter.net>
Subject: Re: Tips for caring for floppy disks
Date: 1998/09/26
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