Quoting Bill Kendrick ([email protected]): > 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 likely to demagnetise neighbouring particles over time, the price of higher density. E.g., you will probably find that your 720 kB 3.5" floppies, if you have any, have lasted better than the 1.44 MB ones. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
