Hi Joe.

14-Apr-03 02:01:16, Joe Paulson wrote to All

 JP> Goodwill,I picked up a pack of strange floppies,KAO brans,MF2DD,1
 JP> MB, with an offset slider .The slider opens toward the top of the
 JP> floppy,not sideways like the 1.44 MB floppies.Very unusual.Can't
 JP> find anything in google.

they could be 3" floppies. do they have a cog-shaped drive in the underside?
they were popular used by a brand beginning with a

 Any At Goodwill.I picked up a pack
 JP> of 5 VERBATIM 128 MB Rewritable 3.5 " Magneto-Optical Disks for
 JP> $5.
 JP> Tried Google.Saw 5.25" Verbatim disks of much higher
 JP> storage.Are these ZipDisks ?

if they seem to be the same shape as a regular 3.5s they're
"superfloppies".
they won;t fit a zip drive. I forget what the other name for the drive is.

 JP> I noticed that Iomega has stopped making the Jazz drive.

yeah, most iomega products are short lived.

 JP> I thought of getting another copy of the book from the library,wiping
 JP> out the bad tapes and copy from the good tapes. BUT,the library says
 JP> that this is illegal

AFAIK It's legal in Australia :) althoug it would have been better to have
made a copy before the tapes got damaged and restored from that.

 JP> There must be some
 JP> equipment in the library system of 10 libraries that is causing
 JP> the damage.

Yes the securty tag canceller used to clear books so they can pass theough
the electronic sensor wothout sounding the alarm uses powerful magnetic
fields.

 JP> protect slots (easy to trim excess) and cover with Scotch tape.

i skip the cork and just use tape.

 JP> I tried to demagnetize the tapes with a 10 pound permanent magnet but
 JP> it didn't work.

weight isn't everything. i've got a 60g (2oz) magnet that can erase casettes.

 JP> Then I used an old demagnetizer,Radio Shack, Cat #44-210 Intermittent
 JP> duty.One minute ON,20 minutes OFF to prevent overheating.Worked fine.

yeah,

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