> Shout out to the longevity of floppy disks as a storage medium.
Last I checked (Covid) about 2/3rd of my 5"1/4 Commodore 64 floppy disks were still working (they had to be about 35 y/o when I tried in 2020). But the ones working won't last much longer.
Yeah, GP got lucky. At least CDs you can store in an airtight enclosure with moisture removed to help them last longer. For floppies it's enough to come close to a strong magnetic field to mess them up.
Last I checked (Covid) about 2/3rd of my 5"1/4 Commodore 64 floppy disks were still working (they had to be about 35 y/o when I tried in 2020). But the ones working won't last much longer.