Re: Why are more Floppy disks failing these days???

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From: Mitch
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 00:00

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In article <6jk9vp$kkq$1@news6.ispnews.com>, Mdg@nospam.com says...

>Working with floppies has become an art form...
>
>Mdg

Indeed! I used to have a 1988 1.44 that rarely gave me problems despite the
crappy media I fed it (even white box ex-Ritron Elec.) Even back
then it was 2nd hand (out of an Amstrad hybrid) and it was far
more reliable than my more modern sony, panasonic and teac companions.
When it finally died this year (after many 0,000's of copies) it's
numerous replacements have caused me nothing but stress. I really
miss that drive!

Mitch.
aka Track Zero Interupt ;-)

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From: mitch@aardvark.apana.org.au (Mitch)
Subject: Re: Why are more Floppy disks failing these days???
Date: 1998/05/20
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