Dave, Do you by chance store your magnet collection with your vintage computer collection?
Sellam On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 3:57 PM Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > > Sent: 23 January 2023 19:28 > > To: Mike Stein via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > > Cc: skogkatt...@yahoo.com > > Subject: [cctalk] Re: Computer of Thesus (was: Re: Re: Computer Museum > uses > > GreaseWeazle to help exonerate Maryland Man) > > > > @ Mike Stein > > > > Not everything is criticism. I only corrected a rather obtuse notion > about people > > replacing mechanical drives with solid state ones. Everyone would love > to use > > their original equipment if it was practical. I for 1 have NO luck with > floppy disks. > > Is it my part of the country? Could be. > > I have had nothing but trouble with floppy disks. I have an IBM3174 which > has 2.4Mb 5.25" floppy drives. It takes ages (10-15mins perhaps) to load. > If I load from a GOTEK its equally slow but it usually loads first time. > From real floppy less often. 2.4Mb disks are like hens teeth. I still have > the original disks and drives but if I use them I risk damaging > irreplaceable delicate media. > The experience is less noisy but only a little less. Without the GOTEK I > feel it would be useless. > > My PC Server seems to have similar issues. I have several drives for it, > and I need them for several little tasks, like re-building the RAID array > which I seen to need to do often..... > .... so its currently useless as I can get a GOTEK working. > > My Atari ST also has a GOTEK. Again it works with the GOTEK. Less good > with the real floppy. Even though its only a 720k its unreliable.... Again > I have the drives and disks still.... > > Lastly I have a Tandy Color Computer. I don't even have a floppy, so > without the CoCo SDC that lets me load floppy images from an SD Card. > Without that its back to cassettes or more likely AVI files loaded from a > computer... > > So whilst I would love to continue to use floppies, in my experience it > kills any chance of getting anything to work... > .. and I think many of the issues are that the media is getting soft. > Perhaps baking would help? > > Dave > > > > > >
