On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 09:56:39AM +0100, Christian Corti wrote: > On Fri, 6 Nov 2015, Jos Dreesen wrote: > >>Eric Smith and I have been looking for these for a long time. > >>They are BASF floppies, though. > > > >As are mine... ( some 3M and CDC disk also part of the haul ) > >Does that mean they will need baking ? > > Never had any problems with 8" BASF floppies (and 5¼" BTW).
Can't speak for the 8", had no problems with 5¼" (but used them very little), but the BASF 3½" were horrible. It got to the point where we jokingly expanded the company name BASF to "Byte Abweisende Schutz- Folie" (byte rejecting protective film). Kind regards, Alex. -- "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison