Subj : Re: floppy disks
To   : Al
From : boraxman
Date : Mon Apr 28 2025 12:12 am


On 27 Apr 2025 at 12:14a, Al pondered and said...
 
 Al> > I hated floppy disks because they always failed on me. I had my bbs back
 Al> > on them such as my user base or the wwiv 4.x code base i used to customi
 Al> > system and they always corrupted :(
 Al> 
 Al> I don't even have a floppy drive anymore but when I did they always
 Al> worked well for me. I have a vague recollection of 1 floppy failing on
 Al> me back then but it was an old disk I used forever so I guess it gave up.
 Al> 
I've still got several including an external USB 3.5" drive.  Some of them are the 1.2M 5 1/4inch variety.  Those are still my favourite disks.

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