[vcf-midatlantic] floppy diskette reliability, by brand

Herb Johnson hjohnson at retrotechnology.info
Wed Dec 30 14:41:12 EST 2015


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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