Well, I have a sealed box of Bonus disks... let's see where they come out. :) On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 2:41 PM, Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
The recent "museum report" discussed in passing, whether to buy brand-new diskettes to avoid deteriorating old floppy diskettes. And a previous thread "Getting Data off old Atari Floppies" in Dec 2015, discussed how some old brands seem better (BASF) and some are outright rotten from age (Wabash). There were suggestions in the thread, about cleaning or baking diskettes.
Let's make a list of some brands, see if we can get a consensus. If someone can post links to Web pages which have such lists or brand experiences, please add such links to your post. I'll be glad to host a final list on my Web site at:
http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/drive.html
Good brands: BASF, 3M, IBM, Verbatum, Dysan
Bad brands: Wabash
Herb Johnson
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