AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS.BITNET ("David A. Lyons") (02/15/89)
>Date: Sun, 12 Feb 89 06:30:09 GMT >From: David Quarles <pdn!boake2!jc3b21!david@UUNET.UU.NET> >Subject: Re: 1.44M disks > >>[...] MEI has been offering 3.5" disks for .79 ea in lots of >> 25 for some time (some shipping charges are added, not much). If >> anyone wants to check them out, the number is 1-800-634-3478. > >I understand the failure rate on these is pretty high ... I have ordered about 1000 disks from MEI over the last couple of years, and all of them have been good. Please explain your statement. You _understand_ that the failure rate is high? Have you had any problems? Has someone you know had problems? How many? Was MEI willing to replace the bad ones? The only problems I've had with 3.5" disks are (1) having the post office crush them when I mail them in regular envelopes; (2) having a bad _drive_ trash them [for a couple days I _thought_ I had some bad disks when they wouldn't format, but after _all_ the disks I used in that drive started becoming bad, I took the hint and got the drive repaired]. Disclaimer: I don't work for MEI or anything...I just buy disks, disk mailers, ribbons, paper, and disk boxes from them. --David A. Lyons bitnet: awcttypa@uiamvs DAL Systems CompuServe: 72177,3233 P.O. Box 287 GEnie mail: D.LYONS2 North Liberty, IA 52317 AppleLinkPE: Dave Lyons
paul@athertn.Atherton.COM (Paul Sander) (02/17/89)
In article <8902141244.aa23412@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>, AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS.BITNET ("David A. Lyons") writes: > >From: David Quarles <pdn!boake2!jc3b21!david@UUNET.UU.NET> > > > >I understand the failure rate on these is pretty high ... > > I have ordered about 1000 disks from MEI over the last couple of > years, and all of them have been good. I've been using their 5-1/4 inch diskettes for some years, and I have not had any lose data or fail to format, except for the one that had an obvious manufacturing defect: It had not been polished. (It's really strange to see streaks of metal oxides on a diskette...) I recommend visually inspecting each diskette you get from them, but if it looks OK, it probably will be fine. -- Paul Sander (408) 734-9822 | Do YOU get nervous when a paul@Atherton.COM | sys{op,adm,prg,engr} says {decwrl,sun,hplabs!hpda}!athertn!paul | "oops..." ?