Care And Maintenance; Care Of Diskettes; Tips On Labeling Diskettes - Radio Shack TRS-80 Model III Operation Manual

5 / Care and Maintenance
Care of Diskettes
In general, handle diskettes carefully, using the same precautions you use
with tape cassettes and high-fidelity records. A small indentation, dust
particle, or scratch can render all or part of a diskette unreadable-
permanently.
• Keep the diskette in its storage envelope whenever it is not in one of the
drives.
• Do not place a diskette in the drive while you are turning the system on
or off.
• Keep diskettes away from magnetic fields (transformers, AC motors,
magnets, TVs, radios, etc.). Strong magnetic fields will erase data stored
on a diskette.
• Handle diskettes by the jacket only. Do not touch any of the exposed
surfaces.
Don't try to wipe or clean the diskette
surface; it scratches
easily.
• Keep diskettes out of direct sunlight and away from heat.
• A void contamination of diskettes with cigarette ashes, dust or other
particles.
• Do not write directly on the diskette jacket with a hard point device such
as a ball point pen or lead pencil; use a felt tip pen only.
• Store diskettes in a vertical file folder on a shelf where they are protected
from pressure to their sides (just as phono records are stored).
• In very dusty environments, you may need to provide filtered air to the
Computer room.
Tips on Labeling Diskettes
Each diskette has a permanent label on its jacket. This label is for "vital
statistics" that will never change. For example, to help keep track of
diskettes, it's a good idea to assign a unique number to each diskette. Write
such a number on the permanent label. You might also put your name on the
diskette, and record the date when the diskette was first put into use.
Remember, use only a felt tip pen for marking.
This "permanent" label is not a good place to record the contents of the
diskette - since that will change, and you don't want to be erasing or
scratching out information from this label.
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