Re: Are flopticals compatible with those mini cd's?

[sknkwrks@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter)]

In article <fmlin.2bk2@terapin.com> fmlin@terapin.com (Frank M. Lin) writes:
>So that means strong magnetic field will affect data integrity of floptical
>disk?

Strong magnetic fields will affect the integrity of any magnetic
media, be it a floppy disk, a hard drive's platters, a Floptical disk,
or a Bernoulli or Syquest cartridge.  (MO cartridges might be a little
more resistant since, if I'm not mistaken, it takes a combination of
heat (from a laser) and an applied magnetic field to change them.)

The only media that are totally safe from the effects of magnetic
fields at this time are CD-ROMs and related optical storage methods.

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