Re: [vcf-midatlantic] floppy diskette reliability, by brand
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 16:03, Joesph Oprysko wrote:
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 2:41 PM, Herb Johnson wrote:
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
Well, I have a sealed box of Bonus disks... let's see where they come out. :)
I've had very good luck with the Bonus brand 5-1/4" diskettes. Bad: TRS-80 8" (brown label) Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
In that other overloaded Museum Report, this appeared: On 12/30/2015 11:12 AM, Joseph Oprysko via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Yes, Athana is the one Vendor I found who still manufacturers new floppy disks and other media packs. Maybe we should invite them to display/sell at VCFe.
That's creative thinking. How about we also do a vintage computer & floppy torture test and see how many write cycles old new and used floppies can really stand up to (by brand!) ! Yeah! (Wow an exciting exhibit there :)
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