24 Nov
2014
24 Nov
'14
6:29 a.m.
From: Kevin Parker
good quality 8" media is a significant problem
given its age ..
I have .. several hundred 8" floppies. ..
Some of the disks look like the parched earth of a desert so they'll be
a no go. As for the rest it's a guess - just be careful if you're
popping disks in and out and check if the surface of the disk is
visually OK and that it leaves nothing behind in the drive.
I was under the impression that older floppies should be given the same 'heat
soak' treatment given to old tapes (which makes sense; they are similar
formulations on a mylar base).
Once that is done, my understanding is that older floppies are actually
generally quite usable, pretty must like they were when new?
Noel
24 Nov
24 Nov
8:52 a.m.
On 11/24/14 6:29 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
Once that is done, my understanding is that older
floppies are actually
generally quite usable, pretty must like they were when new?
And if they were bad when they were new, they will be bad now.
IBM-branded, Dysan, and 3M have held up pretty well, most of the rest
esp Verbatim, BASF, and Memorex, have not, and baking will not help them.
9:20 a.m.
On 11/24/2014 08:52 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
IBM-branded, Dysan, and 3M have held up pretty well,
most of the rest
esp Verbatim, BASF, and Memorex, have not, and baking will not help them.
Unfortunately, much of the "Radio Shack" branded 8" media was terrible;
I think Tandy made their OEM selection for price, not quality.
--Chuck
9:41 a.m.
No mention of Wabash? ;-)
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Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: TRS-80 Model 16
On 11/24/2014 08:52 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
IBM-branded, Dysan, and 3M have held up pretty
well, most of the rest
esp Verbatim, BASF, and Memorex, have not, and baking will not help them.
Unfortunately, much of the "Radio Shack" branded 8" media was terrible; I
think Tandy made their OEM selection for price, not quality.
--Chuck
12:47 p.m.
On 11/24/2014 08:52 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
IBM-branded, Dysan, and 3M have held up pretty well,
most of the rest
esp Verbatim, BASF, and Memorex, have not, and baking will not help them.
As Mike pointed out, Wabash has earned a special place of honor in the
list of the truly awful--but it seems, mostly in diskettes. I've not
run into any particularly unusual problems with Wabash 1/2" tape.
--Chuck
25 Nov
25 Nov
12:32 a.m.
That may be the case Noel but a number of mine are looking a bit ordinary
(and some definitely unusable) and until we spin a machine up we won't
really know.
++++++++++
Kevin Parker
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Noel
Chiappa
Sent: Tuesday, 25 November 2014 1:30 AM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Cc: jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: Re: TRS-80 Model 16
From: Kevin Parker
good quality 8" media is a significant problem
given its age ..
I have .. several hundred 8" floppies. ..
Some of the disks look like the parched earth of a desert so they'll
be
a no go. As for the rest it's a guess - just be
careful if you're
popping disks in and out and check if the surface of the disk is
visually OK and that it leaves nothing behind in the drive.
I was under the impression that older floppies should be given the same
'heat soak' treatment given to old tapes (which makes sense; they are
similar formulations on a mylar base).
Once that is done, my understanding is that older floppies are actually
generally quite usable, pretty must like they were when new?
Noel
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