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

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From: Douglas Roberts, Asst. Internet ...
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 00:00

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Believe it or not, but both floppy manufacturers and floppy drive
manufactuerers still don't really know how long floppy disks are
supposed to last! It could be from six months to six decades :)

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From: internet.assistant@computalk.com (Douglas Roberts, Asst. Internet Coordinator)
Subject: Re: Why are more Floppy disks failing these days???
Date: 1998/06/27
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