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In article <fluet.702772981@ee.ualberta.ca> fluet@ee.ualberta.ca (Kevin Blaine Fluet) writes:
>The computer tech people at the UofA's bookstore recommend throwing away
>these plastic covers.  They claim that there _is_ a problem with static, and 
>I believe it.  Whenever I get a new box of disks I remove all the covers, and 
>quite often they will sort of stick together (I assume from a static charge).
...
Here are a few points to ponder for those who believe there is a static
problem with diskettes:

    1.	When was the last time you saw a box of diskettes marked
	"Static sensitive device?"

    2.	I just performed a quick check of the plastic SHELL of a 3.5"
	diskette (from a major manufacturer) and found that it will hold
	a static charge quite nicely (at elast the hairs on my hand
	think there's something attractive there).

    3.	My diskette filing case is made of polystyrene and will hold a
	strong static charge.

    4.  I have seen vinyl disk wallets on sale in a store, and just
	opening one generated a static crackle and attracted all the
	dust in the vicinity.

    5.	Do you really believe that a disk manufacturer would distribute
	its product in harmful packaging?

I don't keep the sleeves on my "working" diskettes or on original
distribution diskettes (generally filed away in boxes and seldom opened),
but keep the sleeves on seldom-used diskettes in my file.  I also keep
a few sleeves handy for times when I want to slip a diskette into my
shirt pocket.

Bob Nichols
rnichols@cbnewsg.att.com