Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!stc!idec!rob
From: rob@idec.stc.co.uk (P.Robinson)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: computer follies
Message-ID: <1109@idec.stc.co.uk>
Date: 14 Sep 88 08:47:20 GMT
Reply-To: rob@idec.stc.co.uk (P.Robinson)
Organization: STC Network Systems, Stevenage, UK
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> (various disc-disaster stories)
> ...

That reminds me of the time , a few years ago when I left home with my 5" master floppy in my pocket.  Suddenly a gust of wind blew it into the road where it 
was run over by a passing millitary parade and it ended up in a patch of quick-
drying cement.

When I retrieved it the cement had set so I took it home to recover as I'd lost
the backup some days previously.  I chiselled off the cement from the disc but 
then my friend came along and suggested that, as the disc was 'dead', we should
see how much damage it could take.

We nailed it to the ceiling, and hung the cat from it, then used it at a dart-
board, incidentally did you know that if you're a good aim, a dart will exactly fit through the index hole?  By now the disc was a little bit grubby so we care-fully opened the black jacket, removed the disc and  washed it in boiling water,
making good use of the brillo pads.  After drying it with my blowtorch I tried
it in my disc drive.

Nothing happened for a few seconds and then a wisp of smoke slowly rose from theslot.  grabbing the disc and stamping out the flames I realised I had placed it in my toaster instead of a drive.  I found a 3" drive but unfortunately the discwouldn't fit so I had to cut off the edges until it did.  Tentatively I tried toboot and...


Imagine my surprise when it worked!  all my files were readable, except for the
ones stored in the bits I cut off to make it fit the drive.

This really happened.  I concluded that it only went to show.

Has this happened to anyone else?