[Web4lib] floppy disk issues

[David Jones]

>>> "Erjavek, Ed" <erjaveked at sbpl.org> 4/27/2007 11:12:47 AM >>>
It isn't a question of the hardware on the floppy drive being bad as the
sectors on the floppy disk not lining up.
<<<

It's really too bad the SuperDisk standard never really took off and the drives are no longer available new. Those darn things can read almost anything and there sure were faster!

I still hold onto one at work and a personal one at home. Saved many a file over their 8-9 years of service. If you can find one in good working order from a second-hand or remainder store, it might be worth it to save a valued file now and then.

It's funny, though, the only LS-120 diskette I ever owned was the one that came with my personal drive. Never even used it. I only got the drive because my Mac didn't have a floppy drive and I thought, what the hey, I still have to read all those old floppies I have...

HTH,
David

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