Specifications
APPENDIX A
CARE
AND
HANDLING
OF
DISKETTES
AND
CARTRIDGE
DISK
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Floppy
Diskettes
Diskettes
must
be
handled
with
care.
It
is
very
easy
to
distroy
data
stored
on
a
diskette
or
damage
the
diskette
itselt
it
you
are
not
caretul.
Some
things
to
remember
when
handling
diskettes
are:
1.
Never
try
to
remove
the
plastic
disk
trom
the
sealed
cardboard
envelope.
The
disk
is
surroundsed
by
a
special
lubricant
and
cleaning
solution
within
the
cardboard
envelope.
2.
Do
not
set
the
diskettes
near
(closer
than
30
cm)
to
a
strong
magnetic
tield
such
as
can
be
tound
near
motors,
some
television
sets,
telephones
and
various
devices
which
have
ringing
ciruits.
3.
Never
let
your
tingers
come
in
contact
with
the
surtace
ot
the
disk
itselt
such
as
at
the
acces
slot
or
the
index
hole
in
the
cardboard
envelope.
Oils
trom
your
tinger
can
distroy
the
surtace
ot
the
magnetic
recording
material
on
the
disk.
4.
Never
write
on
the
indentitication
lable
on
the
diskette.
Write
the
lable
and
then
attix
it
to
the
cardboard
envelope.
It
you
must
write
on
the
lable
while
it
is
attixed
to
the
cardboard
envelope,
do
so
only
with
a
sott
telttip
pen.
5.
Always
replace
the
diskette
cardboard
envelope
in
the
proper
jackette
provided,
when
the
diskette
is
not
in
use.
When
storing
diskettes,
keep
them
in
a
dry
reasonably
cool,
dust-tree
environment.
6.
Never
bend,
crease,
or
otherwise
stress
the
diskette
cardboard
envelope.
7.
Never
remove
the
Write
Protect
Tab
(see
Figure
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trom
a
diskette
that
already
has
data
stored
on
it
unless
you
intend
to
write
new
data
onto
that
diskette.
Figure
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Floppy
Diskettes.
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