On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Gorka L Martinez Mezo <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree. I started using 3,5in disks in the early 1990s, adn 5,25in disk in > the mid 1980s. They seldom failed. When in the early 2000s some disks were > good for a couples uses and, as mentioned, it was rather usual to find a few > dead disks in 25 or 50 units packages. That was one of the reasons I stopped > using disks. I run several very old disks with mi Peforma 631 a few weeks > ago and surprinsingly all worked, not being used for ten-plus years.
Years ago, I had a program that let an XT masquerade as a floppy drive for my tandy 102. I also had the real drive; it got a whopping 50k (1/8 density? hmm, maybe it was 100k?) on a single sided 3.5. Maybe it's time for that kind of a program for old macs . . . (ok, the 102 had the advantage that it already used its serial port to talk to the floppy). -- These opinions are mine. Noone else may have them without paying my retainer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
