floppy drives

[rlism]

any particular brand of floppy drives better than others?

 

[Biggs]

I'd go with a Teac.

 

[SendTrash]

Floppy? imho it doesn't really matter.. in fact I wonder if it is possible to run a PC computer w/o floppy drive? like those imacs

 

[Zenmervolt]

Teac has a good reputation, but I've always had great experiences with Sony floppy drives (the dang thing even worked perfectly with th power cable attached backwards--don't ask). Sony was the inventor of the 3.5 inch floppy drive and disk after all.

Zenmervolt

 

[UKspace]

My old P166 Pentium has a Sony Floppy and it seems to be the only thing in it that actually works! Never really had problems with it.

 

[esung]

Teac. lasts forever.. even my combo drive is still working.. (well, don't have any more 5.25" medias around anymore.)

 

[gzollinger1]

Last I checked Teac did have the longest mean time between failures, however every brand lasts forever. If you get the Teac, it just means your great grandchildren will be using it instead of just your grandchildren. Just curious, anyone actually ever have a floppy drive die on them? I think I am using a couple hand me downs for some 8088's and 286's.

 

[Hawkeye_(BEL)]

As far as I know, it doesn't really matter. I've had a lot of floppy drives in different computers, and only one failed (a no-name one).

Sony, Mitsumi, Panasonic, Teac,... just pick one up.

 

[Sir Fredrick]

Floppy drives still do die, if they are in a dirty environment. My dad's business has 4 computers, only one has a working floppy disk now. Of course, this is an electric motor repair shop, and it's filthy. I have no idea what brands they have in them either.