[vcf-midatlantic] Needed 5-1/4” Cleaning Floppy

[Chris Fala]

I just flush them under running water. ;-) (Not really, but I actually did
this successfully, once, with a disk that was in dirt.)





On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 5:59 PM Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> Consider this to use on suspect floppies before they foul your drive heads:
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/303620862566
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> On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 5:55 PM Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
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> > If you're coming to the workshop this weekend, I'll have my cleaning disk
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> > with me. I have tools that can spin up the drives to clean it.
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> > Jeff Salzman
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> > On Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 5:50 PM Alexander Jacocks via vcf-midatlantic <
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> > vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
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> > > All,
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> > > I need to get a cleaning floppy (or more than one) for 5-1/4” floppy
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> > > drives. I have a number of drives that are a pain to get to the heads
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> > > without disassembly.
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> > > Thanks!
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> > > - Alex
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