2 Oct
2011
2 Oct
'11
10:22 p.m.
Hi
While I've intentionally use a strong magnet to destroy
the files on a 360K disk when I wanted to record fat on one
side only, to defeat MS insistance on not letting me do what
I want, I've only had one problem with normal stray
magnetic fields.
I have found that floppies are sensitive to the stray fields
of things like monitor deflection coils while they are being recoded.
I've never seen similar fields cause any problem while reading.
Even moving the monitor as little as another 6 inches was enough
to stop the problem.
Dwight
From: dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
On Sat, 1 Oct 2011, Al Kossow wrote:
On 9/29/11 9:47 AM, jim s wrote:
Recently at a hotel, I managed to erase my magnetic key card twice. Once
by carrying it against my cell phone and again by laying it on top of my
notebook computer. The people at the front desk told me that it happens
all the time.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? How to get them to you intact is another
question. I don't trust shipping
magnetics anymore.
The best article I have ever seen on this is Geller's "Erasing Myths About
Magnetic Media"
which I've uploaded to:
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/nbs/publications/Geller_Erasing_Myths_About_Magnet…