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

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From: Alecto
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 00:00

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The trouble is that thay have stoped making quality 3.5" disks nowdays
as the pricepoint of them in the market is too low for quality.
If you want to use floppys for long term storage then 1.2m 5.25" disks
are the best bet.

Alecto.

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From: Alecto <alecto@goulburn.net.au>
Subject: Re: Why are more Floppy disks failing these days???
Date: 1998/06/10
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