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From: dcarpent@sjuvax.UUCP (D. Carpenter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Floptical upside-down cake
Keywords: data fade
Message-ID: <2161@sjuvax.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jul 89 14:01:02 GMT
References: <246300027@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> <348@wet.UUCP>
Reply-To: dcarpent@sjuvax.UUCP (D. Carpenter)
Organization: St. Joseph's University, Phila. PA.
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In article <348@wet.UUCP> epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott) writes:
>Flopticals are small and expensive compared to
>tape cartridges, and the "data fade" questions haven't been
>adequately answered.

Someone mentioned this alleged problem of "data fade" some while
ago and no one ever responded.  This strikes me as a fairly
serious question.  Is there any reliable information as to whether
or not this is a genuine problem (or is it merely a rumor, like
the one about deteriorating compact discs about a year back)?

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David Carpenter            dcarpent@sjuvax.UUCP                    
St. Joseph's University    dcarpent%sjuvax.sju.edu@relay.cs.net    
Philadelphia, PA  19131    ST_JOSEPH@HVRFORD.BITNET                
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David Carpenter            dcarpent@sjuvax.UUCP                    
St. Joseph's University    dcarpent%sjuvax.sju.edu@relay.cs.net    
Philadelphia, PA  19131    ST_JOSEPH@HVRFORD.BITNET