Diskettes

I had a package of 25 diskettes I bought last July. They sat for a long time without me checking them out. When I finally got around to trying them I had several of them that I couldn’t use. I set them all aside until yesterday, when I opened the package again.  I went through them and fifteen of them would not move inside their black case. Even though they came in a sealed plastic bag with a label on it, they showed signs of having something spilled on them. The tyvek sleeves were wrinkled like something had gotten on them and the sheets of labels that came with them had obviously been wet.

There were ten diskettes that didn’t seem to have anything on them.  I booted up a copy of Diversi Copy by Bill Basham and formatted these remaining diskettes. I don’t know if it does anything different from the ProDos System Utilities, but it feels like it.  Diversi Copy shows writing and verifing as it formats. As it works, Diversi Copy shows the drive speed, a little slow.

Normally, when I buy something like these diskettes, I check them out thoroughly when they come in.  If there are any problems, I can address them with the vendor.  In this case I didn’t, so I not only can’t address the problem with the vendor, but I wouldn’t even try.  As far as I’m concerned, they sold me good merchandise.