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

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From: John A. Limpert
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 00:00

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On 12 Jun 1998 17:00:43 GMT, hweidner@ix.netcom.com(HWeidner) wrote:

>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.

Modern media has a much higher coercivity than the old stuff. You need a
heavy duty degausser to erase any of the modern media. I had to bulk
erase some DC-2000 tape carts and ended up buying a new degausser. The
older degaussers (industrial grade, not junk) were completely
ineffective.

I've had many problems with bad floppy disks. The drives aren't as
reliable as they used to be and the disks seem to go bad, even when
stored under proper temperature and humidity conditions. The weird thing
is that I've had very few problems with distribution media from major
software vendors. I suspect they buy a much higher quality grade of
floppy disk than the stuff sold to the public.

-- 
John A. Limpert        Mein Luftkissenfahrzueg ist mit Aale besetzt.
johnl@Radix.Net

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From: johnl@Radix.Net (John A. Limpert)
Subject: Re: Why are more Floppy disks failing these days???
Date: 1998/06/13
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