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In article <502af2$g...@darkwing.uoregon.edu>, ksch...@darkwing.uoregon.edu
(Kevin Leslie Schaper) wrote:

> >* the refrigerator magnet - most fridge magnets aren't strong enough for
> >  two pieces of paper, never mind a floppy disk. And fridge magnets aren't
> >  likely to damage the floppy, either, as weak as they are.
> 
> I couldn't find any fridge magnets, and I'm not sure if a phone handset
is more or less 
> magnetic, but I left the handset from my fancy at&t darth vader phone on
a full disk for 5 
> minutes, and all the wav files I stuck on it still played ok.. I expected
it to break it, 
> whaddya know.. 




Agreed. I've rubbed some high-powered magnets (not fridge magnets, but a
large metal jobber that can hold a full manilla folder to the file cabinet)
over an 800K floppy... did the scrub-scrub motion for about a minute or
two, and popped in the disk. fine.

did it for about 10 minutes, just out of curiosity. "This disk needs minor
repairs. Do you want to repair it?"  Click OK. It's fine.

I think the whole magnet thing is just a big hoax. ;)

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