[Web4lib] floppy disk issues

[Robin]

Yep, sounds like a cliché or an ad, but my first USB/flash/thumb drive was in my shirt pocket through both a wash *and* heat cycle and still worked. Not many products as reliable as that on the market....

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of GOODYEAR John
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 11:17 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Web4lib] floppy disk issues

One of my thumb drives went through the washing machine and many months
later it still works fine.  Now, if AOL would just send me an install
thumb drive every few months...


John Goodyear
ILS Analyst
Multnomah County Library
503.988.3229


-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Dan Lester
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 3:02 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] floppy disk issues



   ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
   From: "David Jones" <djones at scu.edu>
   To: web4lib at webjunction.org
   Received: 5/8/2007 8:16:03 PM
   Subject: Re: [Web4lib] floppy disk issues


   >>>> "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!

Yes, superdisks had some advantages, but.....I can't imagine any reason
why I'd prefer something that had moving parts to something that didn't,
or why I'd prefer something that could be damaged easily to something
that couldn't.    Sure, nothing is perfect, but.....

dan

Show Up, Suit Up, Shut Up, and Follow Directions dan at riverofdata.com Dan
Lester, Boise, Idaho, USA

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