Shugart 850 drives

[Steve Thatcher]

I have been moving data off 8" disks recently that I have keep in dry 
storage for over 25 years. I, for the most part, have had no problem 
reading those disks or formatting "new" disks that I have kept for the same 
amount of time.

But then again, I have no had mice living in my floppy drives... :)

At 06:33 PM 12/09/2004, Tom Jennings wrote:
>On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Eric Smith wrote:
>
> > http://www.cadigital.com/flopdriv.htm
>
>holee ka-rap. OK, I can take a hint. I note that media is
>hard to find too, of the DSDD variety. Luckily I have 25 or
>so new-unused.  I hope all the oxide doesn't fall off!
>
>There does seem to be some 8" SS media on ePay and elsewhere. Has
>it typically remained usable, assuming new-in-box?