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0 pointsdan_hawkins5y ago0 comments

~90% of my 5.25" floppies written between 1992 and 1995 are readable (verified 2 years ago.) As for my CD-R collection from 1999-2005 ~50% got problems reading everything from it.

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mixmastamyk5y ago

I tried my CDR collection from the late 90's last year. Everything worked perfectly. However I destroyed a number of the obsolete ones.

dan_hawkinsOP5y ago

Well a lot of my CD-Rs were the cheapest ones possible - a lot of them using infamous organic acid based substrate, very popular with fungi ;)

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0 pointsdan_hawkins5y ago0 comments

~90% of my 5.25" floppies written between 1992 and 1995 are readable (verified 2 years ago.) As for my CD-R collection from 1999-2005 ~50% got problems reading everything from it.

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mixmastamyk5y ago

I tried my CDR collection from the late 90's last year. Everything worked perfectly. However I destroyed a number of the obsolete ones.

dan_hawkinsOP5y ago

Well a lot of my CD-Rs were the cheapest ones possible - a lot of them using infamous organic acid based substrate, very popular with fungi ;)

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