info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) (08/03/84)
From: Richard Furuta <Furuta@washington.arpa> Previous messages to this group have indicated that the Apple and the HP disks are both made by Sony and should be equivalent. They have also indicated that the construction of Memorex disks doesn't seem to be as good as the Sony disks. How about the other makers? The ones I have seen are Maxell and BASF. Anyone have any comments on these? This is of more than theoretical interest to me since we now have a ready supply of BASF disks. --Rick -------
info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) (08/10/84)
From: cornell!vax135!houxz!spuxll!ech@uw-beaver.arpa [Please post to info-mac] I bought a box of Memorex 3.5" floppies, and was happily using them... I have an original of a McPic disk; it is Memorex black plastic and, sure enough, a rough edge. However, my rather new MacForth 1.1 is also Memorex black -- no rough edge. My conjecture is that that had some early production problems which have been solved; anybody else have any EXPERIENCE (not hearsay!) before we all decide to boycott Memorex? As I said, they work fine for me... =Ned Horvath=
info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) (08/14/84)
From: Mark H. Nodine <mnodine@BBNH.ARPA> I have used two boxes of Memorex disks with no troubles whatsoever. I have a third box I haven't opened yet. The advantage of Memorex disks is that they are cheap (I got them for $39.95/box of ten). At that price, I suppose even a bad one or two would be worth the money, but that hasn't happened to me yet. Maybe there was an early manufacturing problem. The first note to that effect on this list was well before I bought mine. Cheers, Mark