nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) (05/02/84)
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From: burton@fortune.UUCP
Stick to Verbatim, Dysan, and Maxell. Avoid all the "private labels" unless
you can use the media color or jacket sealing marks or finish to match the
private label with a known manufacturer. Don't buy on price unless you
don't frustrate easily.
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Hah! I just bought a boxes of Maxell floppies and got 3 that wouldn't
format. I returned these to the dealer for 3 new ones ... one of which
wouldn't format. Disgusted, I bought 2 boxes of Verbatim floppies --
and only 1 wouldn't format.
Bad disk drive? No, I checked that. Bad floppies. On two of them, you
could *see* the flaws.
Maybe Dysan ....
The Ever Hopeful
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Ed Nather
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Astronomy Dept., U. of Texas, Austinres@ihuxn.UUCP (Rich Strebendt) (05/02/84)
I have also been well pleased with 8" 3M diskettes. In a number of boxes I have yet to find one with any flaws. Some of these diskettes have been in nearly daily use for about two years. Rich Strebendt ...!ihnp4!ihuxn!res
hobbit@sunybcs.UUCP (05/04/84)
A note regarding Verbatim Datalife -- They are guarenteed for double density.
Some machines, such as the DEC Rainbow 100, actually use QUAD density on these
disks. IF you do try to use Verbatim on a Rainbow, you may find yourself with
more problems than it's worth. I have been teaching a class of 140 students
on the Rainbow, and they have nothing but trouble with Verbatim.
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-The Parker Hobbit
a.k.a. Thomas R. Pellitieri
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ARPA & CSNET: hobbit.buffalo@rand-relayshanks@teneron.UUCP (David Shanks) (05/07/84)
<-bug food Verbatim now makes a single sided, quad density version of their diskettes for use with the DEC Rainbow. I have been using them for about two months and have never had a problem. They come "pre-formated" just like the real thing from DEC. Unfortunately I do not have them handy, so I can't quote the part number. Your Verbatim dealer should be able to get them for you. -- Dave Shanks ..!tektronix!ogcvax!metheus!teneron!shanks Teneron Corp. 6700 SW 105th Suite 200 Beaverton, OR 97005 (503) 646-1599
marcus@pyuxt.UUCP (M. G. Hand) (05/11/84)
A propos diskettes, but not related to the topic in any other way..... At my last company, my boss's mother-in-law was keen to get into the computer act with the rest of the family, "Oh yes, we've got a computer atwork, too." she said, "It uses fluffy disks..." Meanwhile, the managing director, a stickler for precise english, launched a competition for a name for these disks, other than diskettes (which he abhored) and floppies which he thought was even worse. marcus hand (pyuxt!marcus)