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Apple "Notebook Disks"
Posted by: NJRoadfan on 2015-05-29 21:35:06
Spotted this on ebay.

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Apparently they have a special lubricant for reducing friction in low power floppy drives. Ahhhhh marketing.
Posted by: Elfen on 2015-05-30 07:22:53
And that lubricant should be dried out by now! LOL!
Posted by: bibilit on 2015-05-30 09:28:49
In my opinion those should not be used, i will keep the box only for display purposes.
Posted by: TheWhiteFalcon on 2015-05-30 10:13:30
Same, it's not like floppies are rare.
Posted by: techknight on 2015-05-30 15:07:21
I bought a bunch of these a couple years back locally, for $5 a box. 

I use the hell out of them, and I never have any problems. They do seem resistant to develop bad sectors. Newer disks develop bad sectors quickly (modern still made disks). These last quite a long time before they do. 

Thats just my personal experience. 
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