on 11-17-04 2:42 AM, Philip Stortz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > it would be interesting to know the details of the different mechanisms that > degrade disk over time. i've seen 3.5" disk fail because the metal doors got > magnetized after being in a metal desk drawer
At the risk of going OT, this reminds me of one of my favorite "tech support" stories. Background: this is from back in the days when you could actually run programs off a single 5.25 floppy and hard drives (what, 5-10 megs capacity, maybe?) were hugely expensive and not at all common. A tech gets a call from an end user: "hey, the brand new floppy you dropped off yesterday doesn't seem to be working this morning and that new program is mission critical. Can you drop by again with another copy?" So the tech does, and everything is fine...until the next morning when the tech gets a phone call identical to the one above. The tech drops by with another copy and everything is fine that day. The next morning, however, he gets another "the floppy won't work now" message in his voice mail. So...off he goes again. He brings a yet another floppy to the EU, but this time, he decides to hang out for a while to see what the EU is doing. Quitting time rolls around, and the EU gets up and takes the floppy out of the drive. He quite carefully puts it back into the protective sleeve. He then neatly nails the floppy to the metal filing cabinet next to the computer using a huge magnet. Best, James Fraser PS: anyone ever run into end users back when 3.5" disks were new...and had the EUs refer to the new floppies as "hard drives?" It sure made for some baffling conversations... -- Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
