>  Several others have posted that connecting a floppy drive backwards does no
>permanent damage.  I can only testify from personal experience that of the
>three 3.5" floppies that I have ever, none has ever
>worked again.  Apparently it's something about my karma.

I have made this mistake more times than I care to admit.
I have never lost a drive by doing this but the error will always destroy
any floppy that is in the drive as soon as the  connected backwards drive
accesses it.

m

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