Nicron #82 31 марта 1998

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Humor - rules for using floppies.

Terms of use floppy disks.



  1) Never leave diskettes in the drive, as data
can drain from the disk surface and cause corrosion of internal
parts of the drive. Floppy disks should curl up and stored in
their cases for pencils.


  2) Diskettes should be cleaned and rub the wax once a
week. Small metal particles can be removed potent
magnet over the surface of the disc. Any stubborn
Metal shavings can be removed with scouring powder and
steel brush. When the disk is rubbed with wax,
make sure that handled both sides. This will allow
diskette to spin faster and reduce the access time.


  3) Do not bend the floppy disk except when they are not
intermeddle drive. "Big" diskettes may be bent and
used in "small" drives.


  4) Never insert a diskette into the drive upside down.
These may fall from the surface of the disk and jam the 
mechanics drive.



  5) Diskettes can not be copied by Xerox. If your data
need to copy, simply insert two diskettes into your drive.
Whenever you modify a document, data will be
written to both drives. Convenient method for better
backup copies: Keep a box of iron filings at your desk.
When you need two copies, sprinkle sawdust between the 
diskettes before how to insert them into the drive.


 6) Diskettes should not come out or inserted, while
LED drive is on or blinking. Failure to comply may
lead to blurry or unreadable text. Sometimes
indicator stays on, what's known as "hanging". If
your system freezes, probably need to insert a small
number of coins before allowing access drive.

 7) If your disk is full and you need more space
memory, remove the disc from the drive and shake vigorously for
two minutes. This will provide data compression in sufficient
amount to free up memory. Prior to this, cover the
"Tape" all the holes to prevent data loss.


  8) The time data access can be reduced if you cut
more holes in the envelope floppy. This will ensure
greater number of access points to the disk.


   9) Periodically spray diskettes dichlorvos to
prevent the emergence of system bugs.