Reiability of wrong media (was: is out of 5-1/4" diskettes

From: SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com <(SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com)>
Date: Fri Jan 22 11:27:15 1999

In a message dated 1/22/99 9:19:59 AM Pacific Standard Time,
george_at_racsys.rt.rain.com writes:

<< Made sense to me... In my meager days (while going to school) I turned
 over and used Apple ][ floppy's. I wouldn't say they didn't hold up but I
 did have enough disk errors on diskettes I did this with to decide to quit
 the practice.
 
 And yes I do wish I had not ever done this. >>

i made many disks flippies so i didnt have to carry so many around and never
had a disk failure. Of course, i always bought double sided disks instead of
single side disks since supposedly both sides were certified error free rather
than just one side.

david
Received on Fri Jan 22 1999 - 11:27:15 GMT