Guidelines for
Handling Diskettes
Before you go any further, it’s a
good idea to learn about caring
for the storage medium you are
using—diskettes.
A diskette is a storage device
which looks like a 45 rpm record.
When you save information it is
recorded onto the diskette by the
disk drive. Later the information
is read or “ played back” from the
diskette onto the screen.
Reading and writing onto a
diskette is like making an audio
tape. You can create, play it back
or erase it, and start over. A
diskette is a permanent storage
or “ memory” device. Anything
you save on diskette remains
there until you erase it.
The
PEOPLE
Personal
Microcomputer works with 51/4"
mini-diskettes. Many different
diskettes of varying quality are
offered on the market, therefore it
is recommended that only those
flawless diskettes tested by
Olympia be used in the
PEOPLE
system.
See Appendix for Order Number.
Write-Protect Notch
Index Aperture —
Each diskette can be guarded
against accidental overwriting by
taping over the write protection
notch. Tape is provided with each
diskette.
Because diskettes are so impor
tant, handle them according to
these guidelines and they’ll last
longer:
Diskette Do’s and Don’ts
• Always store diskettes in the
accompanying carton or in a
special diskette file. After
removal from the disk drive, re
place immediately in the
envelope.
• When using, grasp only the
sheath, never the diskette itself.
Do not touch the exposed sur
face in the oval slot.
• Do not bend the diskette.
• Do not expose the diskette to
direct sunlight or heat.
• Do not expose to magnetic
fields, e.g., magnetic locks,
radios or televisions.
• Always label the diskette tape
before attaching. Use a felt tip
pen,
not
a ballpoint or a pencil.
Do not tape several labels on
top of each other.
• Handle diskettes, like all data
carriers, with utmost care. Ap
proximately 15,000 units of in
formation (bits) are located on
1 cm2. The smallest particle of
dust or the smallest scratch can
lead to malfunctions and con
siderable loss of data. There
fore, avoid eating, drinking,
smoking, or erasing next to
diskettes.
• Do not clean diskettes with
alcohol or other solvents.
• Do not insert soiled diskettes
into the disk drive. This could
cause considerable damage.
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