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Offline marcfrick2112

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Re: How long do floppies last?
« on: July 25, 2007, 08:22:57 AM »
For my 2 cents: Floppy lifespan seems to vary considerably,
even if care is taken regarding magnetic fields, and climate.
I mean I had an original Directory Opus disk, AND it's backup
 stop working yet I have a WB1.3 disk from my first Amiga
that still works...

People, we need to start archiving our disks to HD, or .ADF's
 or something...

Funny, I have only lost maybe 2% of my 5 1/4" C-64 floppies...


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Marc Frick
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A1200T / \'060, 256MB, CD-R, OS3.9
A4000 w/ WarpEngine / 82MB , OS3.1
A4000 16MB, OS 3.9
A1200 , \'030 / 10MB
A1200 (stock)

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Re: How long do floppies last?
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2007, 08:23:00 AM »
Doh! Double post, sorry...
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Marc Frick
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A1200T / \'060, 256MB, CD-R, OS3.9
A4000 w/ WarpEngine / 82MB , OS3.1
A4000 16MB, OS 3.9
A1200 , \'030 / 10MB
A1200 (stock)

CD32 :)

...And a very sick 4000T