david@jc3b21.UUCP (David Quarles) (02/15/89)
References: <8902141244.aa23412@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> >> >>>[...] 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? > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SOMEONE POSTED A SUMMARY here a while back and reported that these disks while said they were 800k (not 1.44M) would not always format to 800k and that some even had trouble formatting to 400k. This is the 3.5 bulk ones only, _not_ 5.25" diskettes. This is why I commented on this. PERHAPS THE PERSON who reported this originally could respond to this. Apparently, several people have had NO problem with this source. We've had few problems with the 5.25" ones and I have not ordered any 3.5" ones from them because of the article I read here. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dave =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= EOT