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  • Floppies (was Re: Version control systems for DOS?)

    From Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson@21:1/5 to Mateusz Viste on Sat May 30 19:56:45 2020
    On 30/05/2020 7:30 pm, Mateusz Viste wrote:
    Floppy drives (esp. the common 1.44MB) can still be found relatively
    easily. The real problem is that floppies themselves are not
    manufactured any longer, and their life span, when actually used, is
    not great... Plus the quality of the floppies produced in the last two decades tended to be really bad. I wouldn't recommend considering such option.

    Which brings me to another question, how hard is it to manufacture a
    floppy disk? Does it require a big, big factory, or is there a way
    to make do with equipment an individual can afford?

    Not to say that I can afford such a project, but I'm still curious.

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  • From T. Ment@21:1/5 to Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson on Sat May 30 16:50:21 2020
    On Sat, 30 May 2020 19:56:45 +0800, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:

    Which brings me to another question, how hard is it to manufacture a
    floppy disk? Does it require a big, big factory

    That would be my guess.


    or is there a way to make do with equipment an individual can afford?

    IDK, but why would you.

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