Why do good floppy disks go bad?
Chuck Guzis
cclist at sydex.com
Fri Apr 8 00:46:31 CDT 2016
On 04/07/2016 10:06 PM, Tom Gardner wrote:
> And it's not likely the binder, fully cured epoxies are also very
> stable. Note disks do not have the tension problem that tape has.
There, I have to respectfully disagree. Floppy disks do not use an
epoxy binder, but usually a polyurethane-based one. (Most are
proprietary formulations). Hard disk coatings usually use an
epoxy-phenolic binder, but they're not on a flexible substrate.
Polyurethane isn't forever and tends to be somewhat hygroscopic.
--Chuck
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