Re: [vox-tech] Floppy drive with Linux Mint LMDE 2 MATE

2017-08-03 Thread Bill Kendrick
On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 03:03:52PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Bill Kendrick (n...@sonic.net): > > > Ironically, floppies made longer ago seem to last longer. > > Floppies (mostly 3.5") seem to have been made more cheaply / lest robust. > > Part of it is: Greater data density was achieved

Re: [vox-tech] Floppy drive with Linux Mint LMDE 2 MATE

2017-08-02 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Bill Kendrick (n...@sonic.net): > Ironically, floppies made longer ago seem to last longer. > Floppies (mostly 3.5") seem to have been made more cheaply / lest robust. Part of it is: Greater data density was achieved through use of finer magnetic particles. Those inherently are more

Re: [vox-tech] Floppy drive with Linux Mint LMDE 2 MATE

2017-08-02 Thread Bill Kendrick
On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 01:47:04PM -0700, Rod Roark wrote: > Thanks for the reply. But never mind, it works with some diskettes but > not others. Evidently some floppies do not last 27 years... who knew. :) Ironically, floppies made longer ago seem to last longer. Floppies (mostly 3.5") seem to

Re: [vox-tech] Floppy drive with Linux Mint LMDE 2 MATE

2017-08-02 Thread Rod Roark
Thanks for the reply. But never mind, it works with some diskettes but not others. Evidently some floppies do not last 27 years... who knew. :) Rod On 08/02/2017 01:43 PM, John Reed wrote: > I was able to use a floppy drive on Ubuntu 14 last year. Don't know if > that helps. > > John > > > > On

Re: [vox-tech] Floppy drive with Linux Mint LMDE 2 MATE

2017-08-02 Thread John Reed
I was able to use a floppy drive on Ubuntu 14 last year. Don't know if that helps. John On Aug 2, 2017 12:53 PM, "Rod Roark" wrote: Wondering if anyone has any experience/insight with this. I have some old (1989-91-ish) 3.5" floppy disks that I want to archive the