🚀 go-pugleaf

>>> With all you folks having trouble with floppies and tapes being
corrupted, _where_ are you storing them?...  
>
>>I store mine on a shelf right above my computers...   
>
>Oops. Ever heard of a degausing coil ?  You know, the coil that
>demagnetises tube of your monitor when you switch it on...
>

Many years ago, when I first got into audio recording, the common
advice was that magnetic media should be stored at least 5 feet away
from any electronic item - speakers, TV, etc.  

Nowadays I see furniture built to store VCR tapes right beside the TV,
gadgets sold to attach floppys to the sided of the monitor, etc, and I
wonder what happened to the old 5 foot rule.  

I suppose modern electronic devices are better shielded, and perhaps 5
feet was always a bit excessive in order to be absolutely safe, but
magnetic media haven't really changed.

Neither have my habits.  Magentic disks and tapes are on a table behind
my desk chair, a good five feet from anything that plugs in, and very
handy to me for all purposes.  (Cassettes and VCR tapes are cabinets
separated from their equipment, too.)

And I have never had a problem with lost recordings.  Occasional
problems with faulty floppy disk gates or bad sectors, yes, but not
with the media losing content.

Could that old 5 foot rule still be valid? :)

HW