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- From: rgaudre@triton.unm.edu (Ron Gaudreau)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: Floppy Backup, Re: 32bit Shareware back
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- Date: 22 Jul 92 15:36:27 GMT
- Article-I.D.: lynx.7xfm18f
- References: <rick.6.711671081@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu> <1992Jul21.141820.24239@relay.nswc.navy.mil>
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- >>Ahem ... Diskettes are not 'relatively inexpensive' - esp. when you look
- >>at them relative to tape. For example, the cheapest one can find DS/HD
- >>3-1/2" diskettes around here right now is about $1 per diskette. Thats
- >>$1 for 1.44 Mb of storage space, or $.70/Mb. QIC-40 tapes are running
- >>about $15, for 40 Mb of storage (uncompressed) or $.38/Mb. QIC-24 tapes
- >>are $15 each for 60 Mb of storage (uncompressed), or $.25/Mb, and QIC-150
- >>are about $20 for 150 Mb of storage, or $.13/Mb. At that rate, those
- >>floppies get darned expensive. And they take a lot more space to store,
- >>also!
- >
- $1.00 for a 3.5 HD - I think you should shop around. I get 3.5 HD for
- 59 cents a piece. Thats 41 cents cheaper and that adds up when you end
- up buying a lot of them.
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