Checking that floppy is still usable

From: Sergei Gnezdov (sgnezdov_at_pobox.com)
Date: 12/31/04

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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:29:28 -0800

    Hi,

    Every once in a while I need to use floppy (my old machine has floppy
    and hard drive only).

    I have a number of floppies. I'd like to know which floppies are dead
    and which are still in working condition.

    I don't need to preserve any data, when testing floppy.

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