y4101@dalcs.UUCP (Marcus Aurellius) (02/24/84)
The department of Microbiology of the Victoria General Hospital in Halifax
Nova Scotia (Canada) is currently using a few Apple IIe's to record specimen
data. They have been having diskette problems and have asked to me to find
out what diskettes are worth purchasing.
Thus far they have had no control over what company they get the diskettes
from (the Hospital sends an order out to tender and the department has been
getting a different brand each time). Thus far they have used:
Dysan Corporation (No problems encountered)
Elephant Memory Systems (Limited use but no problems)
Nashua (A rash of problems)
Wabash (Just received - no results yet)
Control Data (Apparently next on the list)
I did find out that the Nashua diskettes were stored in a cupboard near a
radiator which may have caused the problem but they claim to have had some of
them elsewhere (not near a heat source) and they still had problems.
If anyone has any idea of what brands have met the test of time, could you
please mail me the brand names. If anyone else would like to know the results
I would be happy to prepare a summery and mail it to you.
Thank you.
.. Marc J. Trottier (aka Marcus Aurellius)
Systems Analyst/Technician
Department of Microbiology
Victoria General Hospital