Board:   [DoveNet] Hardware/Software Help
Subject: Re: Thin Client Pc To Run
From:    Nightfox
Date:    Sun Jan 18, 2026 12:52

@VIA: DIGDIST
  Re: Re: Thin Client Pc To Run
  By: Rob Mccart to FUSION on Sun Jan 18 2026 09:20 am

 RM> The data density wasmuch higher on 3.5" disks which probably makes them
 RM> more likely to be a weaker copy more prone to fail. The 5.25 disks were a
 RM> lot bigger yet held less data so writing to them was slower and each bit
 RM> was also more spread out making them morestable...

Interesting..  I'd think it would be possible to make higher-density floppy disks reliable.  That seems to be the case with hard drives - There are hard drives these days that are terabytes in capacity that are reliable.

Nightfox

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