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Anyone know the odds of the floppies still working? I'm guessing some will and some won't. They must be nearing or past expiration date...
by Reedx 8y ago
Anyone know the odds of the floppies still working? I'm guessing some will and some won't. They must be nearing or past expiration date...
- DonHopkins 8y agoWell the Elephant Memory Systems floppy disks claim to "Never Forget"! https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/s-l1600-2-980x549.jpg https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/s-l16... https://youtu.be/v7AgSapZAi8?t=500 https://youtu.be/v7AgSapZAi8?t=500
- djmips 8y agoMy anecdata is very strong for floppies from that era having a great chance of still working and there even some tech out there that can read borderline floppies and get the data from a population of reads using simple statistics.