9 Dec
2004
9 Dec
'04
5:46 p.m.
I have been moving data off 8" disks recently that I have keep in dry
storage for over 25 years. I, for the most part, have had no problem
reading those disks or formatting "new" disks that I have kept for the same
amount of time.
But then again, I have no had mice living in my floppy drives... :)
At 06:33 PM 12/09/2004, Tom Jennings wrote:
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Eric Smith wrote:
holee ka-rap. OK, I can take a hint. I note that media is
hard to find too, of the DSDD variety. Luckily I have 25 or
so new-unused. I hope all the oxide doesn't fall off!
There does seem to be some 8" SS media on ePay and elsewhere. Has
it typically remained usable, assuming new-in-box?