Re^2: Floppies are indestructible

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From: ma... jim frost
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1989 02:34

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mal...@crash.cts.com (Sean Malloy) writes:
>This makes Fifth Generation Systems' claims about Fastback Plus (the ad where
>they show a disk with a bullet hole in it claiming they got all the data
>back anyway) a lot more plausible. With enough redundant storage on a disk,
>you can get away with losing a part of the media.

They've been claiming that since the first release.  One trade rag I
used to read actually tried it -- ran in through an electric stapler 5
times, removed the staples, and tried the restore.  Worked without a
hitch.

Unfortunately there used to be places where an unreadable sector made
the whole disk unusable (read: couldn't restore ANYTHING), but they've
fixed that now.

jim frost
ji...@saber.com

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Subject: Re^2: Floppies are indestructible
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