29 Sep
2006
29 Sep
'06
9:47 a.m.
Allison wrote:
Holy crap, what brand are you buying ?
I've been using Fuji colour(ed) 3.5" HD discs for a few years now and I've
never had a single failure.
Recently, I put Office 4.3 Pro, Windows 3.11, Dos 6.22, a bunch of utilites
and apps (e.g. TCP/IP32, 3c509, Doom) onto 3.5" for a Compaq DeskPro 386/25
1987 vintage, not a single failure.
They came recommended by someone who uses discs daily.
I've had bad experiences with cheap discs...
Dave ;)
Generally floppies do not like any abrasive
damage, holes, some
solvents and of course magnetic fields. Other than that
it's amazing
what will survive.
... unless it's a 3.5" floppy made in the last 6 or so years,
then you just need to *look* at them funny and they fail :)
Actually, typically I find the failure rate to be about 2/3 -
I don't think I can think of a single other product that
reaches the consumer with such a high rating.