[Coco] Diskette Cleaning Solution

Steve Ostrom smostrom7 at comcast.net
Mon Sep 16 01:29:22 EDT 2013


Radio Shack used to sell diskette cleaning solution, a fluid to be applied 
to a cleaning diskette and run in a disk drive to clean the heads.  It came 
in a white plastic bottle with a flip-up spout.  The contents, as listed on 
the label, were: Fluorocarbon and Isopropyl Alcohol.  My guess is that this 
solution is no longer being sold by anyone (or manufactured, maybe due to 
the fluorocarbon?).  Is there an acceptable alternate solution still sold, 
or is the market so small that nothing like this is still manufactured? 
Could straight isopropyl alcohol be used on the cleaning disk to clean 
floppy drive heads?

--- Steve ---




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