Re: Softdisk

["Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au>]

A better option IMO, would be to archive them to CD. ie upload to a Mac or
PC then burn onto a CD-R.

Mark


"Lyle Syverson" <lyle@FoxValley.net> wrote in message
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> > Bruce Baker wrote:
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> >> I've been trying to convert my 5.25" softdisk disks to 3.5" disks.
> >> I hope this makes them last longer.
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> Then Michael J. Mahon wrote:
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> > Why do you think that 3.5" disks will outlast 5.25" disks?
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> I have never lost a 3.5" disk from "bit rot".  I have lost a
> considerable number of 5.25" disks from "bit rot".
>
> Lyle Syverson
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