[H-GEN] Floppies

[Jason Henry Parker]

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John Duncan <katie4 at eisa.net.au> writes:

>              Can anyone point me to a supplier of quality
> floppies? I find that whenever I format a floppy under
> OpenBSD it gives a few errors, never enough to make them
> unusable but it leaves a bad feeling.

If I ever get any sort of error when using a floppy disk, I
immediately snap it in half; the data is likely to be (for my intents
and purposes) unrecoverable, and it means I won't be caught by
surprise when the damn thing breaks.

>              I seem to remember that when software came on
> floppies there were two types, one for general use and a
> better type that the software was put on. Are these still
> available and can the public get them?

I always use Imation disks---they come in purple boxes of ten from
OfficeWorks---and they're pretty good.  Not great, but good.
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