Re: Using 1.2M floppy disks

[spqr@ruth.uucp (Will Baguhn)]

bpvh@shell1.msn.fullfeed.com (Bradley VonHaden) writes:

| 
| ctkwan@csd.hku.hk (Doug Kwan ~{9XUq5B~})
| 
| >The problem is that 10 years later I may not be able to buy
| >new 5.25" floppy disks onto which I can unpack games archived
| >eventhough I may still have the games on MO disks and an
| >working apple.
| 
| I know that the magnetic signal (or whatever) on the floppy disks
| degrades over time, but do the disks themselves degrade over time (in
| storage, not use)?
| 
| Is it not OK just to recopy (say moving A to a blank, B to A and so
| one) and thus refresh the magnetic signal every 5 years or so?  That
| and having working and archive copies of the programs should be
|