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Re: Coffee cup holder - CD drive UL?

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From: Articulate Mandible
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 00:00

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the kumquat kuriosity wrote:

> 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. ;)

Try putting an Ur-floppy (the eight incher) or a five-and-a-quarter-incher
to the same test and get back to us.

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Subject: Re: Coffee cup holder - CD drive UL?
Date: 1996/08/30
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