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Subject: Re: Apple // disk media
From: "Vince Briel" <vbriel@removethisspamcamcast.net>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 07:08:37 -0400
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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Wasn't the media rated for something around 5 years? I suppose storage 
without use adds to the life if stored properly.

Vince

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"rob" <rob@nospam.net> wrote in message 
8i42g2hlk7a4v6vo9u3jkmu351ubk70693@4ax.com">news:8i42g2hlk7a4v6vo9u3jkmu351ubk70693@4ax.com...
> It never ceases to amaze how reliable and error-free some of the old
> 5.25" Apple II disks are.  I have a number of original A2 titles
> released in 1979 (A2FS1, BASICS and others) and all of them work
> perfectly.
>
> The same can't be said for a lot of 3.5" MFM media - I've lost track
> of the number of errors that keep cropping up with such disks.
>
>

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