10 Oct
2012
10 Oct
'12
7:27 p.m.
On 10/10/2012 6:22 PM, David Riley wrote:
Do they still work? About half the 3.5" disks
I've bought in
the past 10 years or so were DOA and had soft errors after a
format in an otherwise reliable drive.
I've not had a dud. I don't know
for sure these aren't 90's diskettes.
They were back in original trays, from having some useless software and
a purple and white label put on them. The guy selling them were selling
them distressed, not as new. I don't know that they were 2000's material.
and they all seemed to work fine as far as I've gotten.
My total media haul is two skids worth about 3 1/2' tall, that is
recorded, not new. Most bulk is in 1/2" tapes, weight in QIC (by unit).