10 Aug
2021
10 Aug
'21
8:30 p.m.
On 7/29/2021 1:22 PM, Mark Huffstutter via cctech wrote:
Yes, I sadly, learned that important lesson years ago,
after finding My
"Original" Original PC DOS diskette set pretty much destroyed, left in
The folders in storage for too long.....
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al Kossow via cctalk
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2021 10:15 AM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: IBM PC diagnostics disks
On 7/29/21 10:08 AM, Mark Huffstutter via cctalk wrote:
Interesting. The IBM ones that I have had in the clear 5 x 8.5 vinyl
sleeves were in their paper-like material sleeves inside the vinyl.
They have been mostly just fine - just read them in this past week.
On the other hand maybe 10% or so of my 3B2 floppies that were similarly
stored, but in a somewhat different form of vinyl had more sector
errors. Fortunately I copied some of them (the most critical ones) some
time ago, and those were stored separately, so I expect those will be
fine, but I haven't yet read them in.
JRJ
Hi Richard,
I could use them if they are still available, I have the very nice
binder manual for them, minus the disks!
Don't store diskettes in vinyl sleeves.
The plasticiser leaches out of the vinyl onto the surface of the diskettes.