[comp.sys.atari.st] floppies

mpsimon@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (M. Patrick Simon) (04/21/88)

I thought people might want to see this information. It was posted to a
bulletin board where I work.

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated in any way with any of the companies mentioned
below or with any of their competitors.

--Patrick Simon    mpsimon@phoenix.princeton.edu

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.Description: 3M Floppies for the Macintosh. *Warning*             
.From: RHN          Date: 14-APR-1988
.
.    Richard Siegel from Carnegie Mellon University reported in the Usenet Mac
.Digest (Vol 4,Issue 48) that they have experienced reliability problems with
.3M brand floppies in their Macintosh computers.  This has included such things
.as oxide flaking off and damage to the drives themselves.  Users here should
.take this report into consideration when ordering floppies for their own use.