Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!kyle.wbst@XEROX From: kyle.wbst@XEROX Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Floppy Disk Storage: Steel or Plastic Message-ID: <7417@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Wed, 16-Jan-85 14:24:52 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.7417 Posted: Wed Jan 16 14:24:52 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 20-Jan-85 06:01:35 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 12 I agree with the comment that steel could become magnetized and thus cause more harm in the long run. Your question raises another issue, though. Plastic can accumulate a static electric charge. I have seen some ads recently (selling anti static devices for computer rooms) that suggest that static discharges can cause damage to floppy disks. My first reaction to such ads was Hog Wash... more ad hype. But then I thought, if the discharge was strong enough it might create a localized electromagnetic field of sufficient strength to cause an error on very high density floppy disks. Does any one know if this could be a real problem? Earle.