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Might be because 3.5 disks outnumbered in production quantities any other kind of floppy disk, thus the average quality was lower? Massive production lowers cos
by darkwater 3y ago
Might be because 3.5 disks outnumbered in production quantities any other kind of floppy disk, thus the average quality was lower? Massive production lowers costs, so to keep sane margins they just decreased quality?
Or is there any theory about the technology itself being less reliable?
- Tor3 3y agoFrom what I've gathered the issue was simply that for the HD 3.5" floppies the density was actually more than the medium could take. 720KB had lower density and didn't have that problem.