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In <4vvdb4$6...@lex.zippo.com>, h...@slc.unisys.com (Helge Moulding) writes:

>* 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.

No, but there are big, heavy-duty, flat magnets used in offices.  Some of 
these are strong enough to hold an overcoat.  About a quarter of a century ago
there was a problem of tapes being found partially erased when retrieved from
the tape library.  There was no pattern to the damage; it was unrelated to place
of slotting, to user, or application.  After much anguish the problem was traced
to the tape librarian's desk.  He had one of those big magnets holding up some
paper on the side of a file cabinet next to his desk.  Returned tapes were
stacked on the desk, next to the file cabinet.  Sometimes the stack would get as
high as the magnet, and sometimes it wouldn't.  This happened in the NAS
computer center at the FAA National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center
outside Atlantic City.

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