Tomas wrote:
One thing i have noticed though, is that my newer floppies is VERY unreliable as i cannot even format more than 20% of them now.
I guess as the price has come down, the quality has gone down with it. New floppies can't be very economical to make - lots of moving parts, and a relatively complex assembly compared to a CD / DVD, so I guess companies these days just do it as cheaply as possible.
Contrast that to the "old days" when a box of ten
single sided double density Memorex 3.5" floppy disks used to cost around £40 :-o in the UK (from Tandy in the late 1980s) and I guess that's why the older disks last longer - better materials...
- Ali
