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

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From: David L Baer
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:00

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I don't believe it.  Floppies have been out on the market long enough that 
manufacturers must know what the MTF is just from experience.

Someone else had posted a note claiming that the price point is so low that 
manufacturers cut every corner possible to make a profit.  I'd pay more for a 
reliable floppy (I don't believe those vacuous lifetime guarantee offers).

Dave

In article <35a03b73.9466187@news.supernews.com>, 
internet.assistant@computalk.com wrote:
>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: dlbaer@halcyon.com (David L Baer)
Subject: Re: Why are more Floppy disks failing these days???
Date: 1998/06/28
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