[chbot] 5.25" floppy drive anyone?

[Charles Manning]

Ah yes, the joy of Cape Town and Durban rust buckets. A car that lasted
more than 10 years without massive rust holes was a miracle.

On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 8:23 AM, Marshland Engineering <
marshland at marshland.co.nz> wrote:

> It may well be rust I observed.
>
> What "in the typical healthy NZ salty seaside atmosphere" ? You need to go
> to
> Durban South Africa. The rust you see here in 10 years is what you see in
> Durban in 2-3 months. Probably why the floppy disks had such and issue.
>
> From what I remember, reinforcing rods in concrete needed to be 50 mm below
> the surface of the concrete, except in Durban, it needed to be 75 mm to
> stop
> them rusting !!!
>
> Cheers Wallace.
>
>
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