[Coco] Reading floppies with CRC error?

[S Klammer]

Presuming the surface of other floppies are not as bad as this, then one
would want to periodically "refresh" the media to prevent bit rot.

Agreed.  Wonderful device.  Here's hoping that more will become available.
I personally look forward to a possible V2 if one with other capabilities
was released.

sk
On Aug 19, 2014 2:56 PM, "Nick Marentes" <nickma2 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> On 20/08/2014 2:30 AM, Kandur wrote:
>
>> Reading floppies with CRC error?
>> http://qdv.pw/coco/?p=253
>>
>> Kandur
>>
>>
> Floppies with those sort of scratches on the surface are a lost cause. The
> disk media has deteriorated over the years that the magnetic material has
> become flakey and unreliable to store data on.
>
> While you may be able to recover some files off it, I ask myself the
> question... is it worth it when almost all programs are available as a DSK
> disk image?
>
> Personal data is another story but that is why magnetic media needs to be
> periodically backed up onto new media every so often...but who goes to that
> bother?
>
> I don't even use a floppy drive anymore. My CoCo is floppy'less. I've
> invested in a controller that uses SD memory cards and I run disk images.
> Backups are easily performed by copying the entire SD card to a directory
> on my PC.
>
> It also has Drivewire support.
>
> Best investment I ever made for my CoCo.
>
> Nick
>
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