All floppies, 8", 5.25" and 3.5" are just plastic disks with a thin metallic coating. Exposed to air (the older open floppies more than the closed smaller ones, but both) can accumulate moisture, dust and mildew. Gentle cleaning can restore some.
http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/clean_disks.html There are a lot of forms of bitrot: dirt & mold, gradual loss of magnetism, incompatible formats, getting bought by Microsoft... On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Kurt Wendt <[email protected]> wrote: > I heard years ago that actual floppy disks like these 8" jobbies being spoken > about here - actually can get this mold condition - rendering them useless! > > Regards, > Kurt Wendt > Senior Systems Analyst > > > Tel. +1-212-747-9100 > www.GlobeTax.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave > Crozier > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 3:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NF] What’s controlling U.S. nukes? 8-inch flop py disks > > My point exactly... How many spare 8" floppy disks do you know of!! > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke > Sent: 27 May 2016 19:39 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NF] What’s controlling U.S. nukes? 8-inch flop py disks > > > It's not the fact that it's an old system per se, it's an old system for > which spare parts and people with the relevant skills to maintain it are > rapidly disappearing. > -- > Alan Bourke > alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm > > On Fri, 27 May 2016, at 07:00 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: >> At 05:23 2016-05-27, Dave Crozier <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael >> >Madigan >> >Sent: 27 May 2016 13:22 >> >To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> >> >Subject: [NF] What's controlling U.S. nukes? 8-inch floppy disks >> > >> >http://www.marketwatch.com/story/whats-controlling-us-nukes-8-inch-fl >> >oppy-disks-2016-05-26 >> >> >> >> >Scary but not entirely unexpected! >> >> Why is it scary for a system to work for years and years? Would >> you prefer that it break? >> >> >Thinking about that I wonder if the VFP USAF logistics program is >> >still running. >> >> JFAST, and apparently so. I wonder if it is still mainly >> written in VFP. If so, would you find it scary? >> >> The idea that just because something is older that there is >> something wrong with continuing to use it is one that I think needs to >> be stomped on. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Gene Wirchenko >> >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4tQAFjeOMDzcnhGk6HDjrAB5ao=qvayryurykk1szz...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
