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I guess you've never used floppies? They have _incredibly_ bad reliability. Google for 'floppy disk reliability' if you can't take my word.
by qiqitori 7y ago
I guess you've never used floppies? They have _incredibly_ bad reliability. Google for 'floppy disk reliability' if you can't take my word.
- RaiseProfits 7y agoPresumably you’d want to look for a comparison in the context of the state’s needs. Googling for floppy disk reliability won’t tell you much by itself.
- kregasaurusrex 7y agoWhat I had found showed less reliability over time because economics of scale reduced manufacturing costs and thus price of 3.5" and 5.25" ones, where some said that 8" disks were extremely reliable. My thoughts were that well-made disks could have a lifetime comparable to that of LTO storage.
- itomato 7y ago8 1/2" drives are reliable (fast, too) if you're comparing to 9-inch tape.
- robdachshund 7y agoFloppies are just tape in a disc. It can last for 50 plus years. The reason people think floppies are unreliable is because they don't clean their drive heads. I'd bet the disks themselves are totally fine.
- tropo 7y agoThey were reliable prior to 1994, reliable for good brands in 1994, and unreliable after 1994. A few years later, the floppy drives became terrible too. Every computer was expected to have a floppy drive, but the drives were seldom used, so the quality was cut for price competition.