Re: Platinum 5.25" drive problem

[Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>]

I could never resist a challenge after this I'm after Pamela Anderson...

On 25 Jul 2001 05:02:06 GMT, Michael J. Mahon wrote:

> Stephen Shaw wrote (in reply to me ;-):
>
>>> In short, don't worry about using permanent magnets to disrupt the
>>> magnetic patterns recorded on floppys (but don't magnetize the hub
>>> of a 3.5" diskette--that's not good.  ;-).
>>
>>Isn't the hub a light alloy i.e. non-ferrous in which case it will not
>>magnetize.
>
> The shutter is typically non-magnetic, but the hub is plain old steel.
> Check it out on a 3.5" floppy you don't care about.  ;-)
>
> -michael
>
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