Modern floppy disk question...

[Jules Richardson]

On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 07:06 -0700, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> On Wed, 4 May 2005, Jules Richardson wrote:
> > (I'm trying to remain cheerful here whilst attempting to find a floppy
> > that actually works 100%...)
> 
> Once you do find one, hang on to it.  They're becoming as precious as
> gold.

Heh heh, I remember in the mid/late 90's I had a HD floppy (Verbatim I
think it was) that just would not die. It probably went through a full
data cycle / format twice a week on average for many years and refused
to ever throw up a bad block.

You're right though; I think I'll just pitch these boxes of new media in
the bin and fetch some surplus used media down from the loft to keep by
the desk - at least it works!

cheers

J.