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- From: collin@angelo.amd.com (Collin K. Ong)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Where to get floppies cheap?
- Message-ID: <collin.714861344@angelo>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 20:35:44 GMT
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- dlb5404@tamsun.tamu.edu (Daryl Biberdorf) writes:
-
- >I've used a variety of diskettes from a variety of sources and the media
- >produced by 3M, Sony, BASF, and Verbatim have yet to format with bad
- >sectors for me. In contrast the DSDD 3.5" diskettes I bought from
- >MEI in 1990 (my last experience with the company) had about 1 disk in
- >10 refuse to format correctly (no bad sectors) or "go bad" after a month
- >of use. That 1 in 10 figure is unscientific, but I had a stack of about 6
- >bad diskettes out of a 50 diskette order.
-
- I agree. I used to use bargain basement 5.25" disks on my Apple II with
- no problems. When I went to 3.5" DD, I also used generics and get less
- reliability but the failure rate was low enough for me not to notice. When
- I got high density with my SE/030, I ordered a bunch of 3.5" HD from MEI
- and about 10/50 failed, either on the format or later when I tried to
- retrieve data. I also found that HD disks, and especially te MEI HD disks
- are more sensitive to dropping and impacts (ie, a bad block will show up
- after I drop it). Plus HD disks are slower so I generally still use 800k's
- if possible. I use Sony's from price club.
-