--- Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 2 Feb 2007 at 23:54, arcarlini at
iee.org wrote:
A few days ago I read a claim that floppies are
used infrequently
> these days (compared to how often they used to b
e
used) so the
dust and grime that gets sucked through a drive
has longer to
accumulate before being deposited onto the
occasional floppy
> that does make it in there (for a BIOS upgrade o
r
whatever).
Horsepucky.
(I know--I should quit mincing my words and say wh
at
I *really*
think :) )
My drives get used a lot--and are scrupulously
maintained. Modern
3.5" DSHD media is garbage. I have far better luc
k
with DS2D 3.5".
Cheers,
Chuck
Most of the 3.5" drives at work are hardly used.
We only use about 4 computers to transfer
data to/from the analytical machines.
Another one transfers data directly to a PC
via the network.
That leaves about 7 computers that we rarely
(maybe once every 3 months) use the 3.5" floppy
drive on.
Regards,
Andrew D. Burton
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk