Re: [foxboro] foxboro Digest V5 #286

 
In a message dated 8/23/05 7:49:26 AM Mountain Daylight Time,  
foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
copy  saved files to
floppy in a second step


The floppies and Foxboro-issued floppy drives seem to be so unreliable that  
I routinely make double copies of each saveall diskette, and immediately check 
 them after I make them by reading the directories right back.  This isn't  
foolproof, but does show you if I/A can even recognize the diskette and some of 
 its contents.  We always said that the floppies and drives are so  
unreliable because of the typically dirty environment in which they live.   
However, in 
my experience, floppy drives in PC's that have lived side-by-side  with the 
Foxboro hardware seem to keep running, so who knows what the real story  is.  
Anyway, saving to any other medium than floppy is probably  wise.


 
 
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