Storage Hazards

From: Jim Leonard <trixter_at_oldskool.org>
Date: Sun Oct 17 20:33:11 2004

ben franchuk wrote:

> How about no backups of floppy disks, they can be bad still in a unopened
> box of software. I found this with a few old games I bought.

Were they high-density or low-density? I've *never* had a 5.25" DSDD disk go
bad on me, but several high-density disks have "faded"... I attribute this to
the much denser packing on HD disks.

I bought Flight Simulator for PC (1982) and it still works in my Model 5150...
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Received on Sun Oct 17 2004 - 20:33:11 BST

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