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From: smagt@fwi.uva.nl (Patrick van der Smagt)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: HELP: moulds on floppy disks
Message-ID: <1461@carol.fwi.uva.nl>
Date: 14 Nov 90 10:13:42 GMT
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Hi,

My sister who works in the Philippines for the VSO (Voluntary Services
Overseas; the British development work organisation) decided to buy an
AT there with 5 1/4" floppy drives.  However, due to the local climate
all her floppies start to grow moulds!  Is there any cure (prevention)
for this problem which is feasible in her environment?  Of course,
she doesn't have airconditioning, her fridge only works half the time,
and her house doesn't have any windows.  She lives 100 miles or so
from Manila which is a twelve-hour drive.

Thanks for any suggestions.

					Patrick van der Smagt

P.S. she has the same problems with colour slides.