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    From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to All on Sat Jan 1 16:33:59 2022
    They were a barrel of problems. Even back in 1999/2005 the disks were not guranteed to live as well.


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  • From Dr. What@21:1/194 to Utopian Galt on Sun Jan 2 09:49:00 2022
    Utopian Galt wrote to All <=-

    They were a barrel of problems. Even back in 1999/2005 the disks were
    not guranteed to live as well.

    That's why I always update my vintage computer systems to use floppy emulators.

    The drives will fail over time. The disks will fail as well. And 5.25" disks haven't been made since, when? The last batch of 5.25" disks that I got had a failure rate of about 2 our of 5.


    ... Do ya really believe her when she says size don't matter?
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