From: dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com> On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 7:09 PM, Santiago Almenara <almen...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2017-01-01 18:52 GMT-05:00 dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com>:
>> That brings back memories. Back in the day, there was discussion of >> which *brand* of floppies to use, if you wanted to write something to >> floppy, put it on a shelf, and be able to read it again 5 years from >> now. At the time, the "gold standard" was Dysan. Floppy disk media >> varied in quality, and if you bought based on lowest price, you >> deserved what you got. >> >> Floppies are sill made and sold - see http://www.floppydisk.com/. I'd >> get new ones to try this on instead of trying to reuse ancient stuff >> lying around. > > Excuse me, I don't want to start a flame war but.... > > I always thought that floppy disks production were pretty dead, maybe some > obscure Chinese brand were still making them. > In the other hand, are Imation, 3M or Sony still making floppies??? AFAIK, yes. But in the stated case, it doesn't matter. I believe the OP wants to put DOS on a floppy he can boot from, and from there install it on a hard drive. It doesn't have to be a top quality, long lasting disk, as nothing of value will be stored on it long term. It just has to format and work long enough. Cheap noname Chinese floppies will do. > Santiago ______ Dennis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --- Internet Rex 2.29 * Origin: capcity2.synchro.net - 502/875-8938 (1:2320/105.99) --- * BgNet 1.0b12 = CCO * KY/US * 502/875-8938 * capcity2.synchro.net --- Synchronet 3.15a-Linux ListGate 1.3 * Capitol City Online - Frankfort, KY - telnet://capitolcityonline.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
