On 2 June 2016 at 20:27, Gene Wirchenko <[email protected]> wrote: > At 11:36 2016-05-31, 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! > > Some can, yes. Quality of media varied considerably. I was looking at > a site this week where the author does disk conversion. There are some > brands that he refuses to work with.
Having recently resurrected my Amiga 4000 I can confirm. Some old floppies refuse to format. -- Paul _______________________________________________ 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/cadwx0+j3a_0bzzgh2iouiswgdmjoeepidxsxnvik_qsmm3f...@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.
