cs161fhn@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Dennis Lou) (02/13/91)
How are MEI disks these days? I remember a couple months ago, many netters were complaining of a rash of poor quality from them, but someone said that this was because they switched to a new supplier/manufacturer and that the problem was temporary. Who do you net.people buy from nowadays? -- Dennis Lou || "But Yossarian, what if everyone thought that way?" dlou@ucsd.edu || "Then I'd be crazy to think any other way!" [backbone]!ucsd!dlou |+==================================================== dlou@ucsd.BITNET |Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak went to my high school.
kdq@demott.com (Kevin D. Quitt) (02/13/91)
They appear to have cleaned up their supplier's act. -- _ Kevin D. Quitt demott!kdq kdq@demott.com DeMott Electronics Co. 14707 Keswick St. Van Nuys, CA 91405-1266 VOICE (818) 988-4975 FAX (818) 997-1190 MODEM (818) 997-4496 PEP last
mamos@uafhp.uark.edu (Mark _E_ Amos) (02/13/91)
cs161fhn@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Dennis Lou) writes: >How are MEI disks these days? > We buy MEI around here (have been for some time) and have noticed a difference in the packaging and appearance of the disks we get, but have not had any quality problems to my knowledge. We just got a new batch in and if any problems arise I will post. BTW, I also get printer ribbons there and have been very happy with prices and quality, as with the disks. -- oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Mark _E_ Amos University of Arkansas Computer Science Engineering mamos@uafhp.uark.edu mea1@engr.uark.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Man's mind, when stretched to a new idea, never goes back to its original dimension." -Oliver Wendell Holmes oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
snow@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (02/13/91)
In article <16619@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>, cs161fhn@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Dennis Lou) writes: > > How are MEI disks these days? > > I remember a couple months ago, many netters were complaining of a > rash of poor quality from them, but someone said that this > was because they switched to a new supplier/manufacturer and that > the problem was temporary. > > Who do you net.people buy from nowadays? I still buy from MEI. A couple of weeks ago, I received 100 DSDD (360K) and 100 DSHD (1.2M) 5.25" disks from them. I've formatted about half of the double-density disks with no problems yet (and I've been formatting them out to 80 tracks at 10 sectors per side.) I've formatted all of the high-density disks, and I found 57 out of 100 to be defective. All 8 packs of disks (they came in packs of 25) contained little cards saying "MADE IN CHINA," so it appears that any problem they may have been having with the DD disks has been solved, while the HD disks are still as bad as ever. -ken
amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen) (02/13/91)
In article <16619@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> cs161fhn@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Dennis Lou) writes: >I remember a couple months ago, many netters were complaining of a >rash of poor quality from them, but someone said that this >was because they switched to a new supplier/manufacturer and that >the problem was temporary. I have bought exclusively mei disks for several years now. I am about ready to give up on them because of the defective rate, as of several months ago anyway... I picked up a computer shopper this weekend, and found about 10 other companies that seem to have exactly the same prices. Does anybody have a specific recommendation ??? From another message I see the there still is a reported problem with the hd disks. al -- Al. Michielsen, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University InterNet: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu amichiel@sunrise.acs.syr.edu Bitnet: AMICHIEL@SUNRISE
arra@inmet.inmet.com (02/15/91)
Over a year ago I got a pack of 50 HD 5.25 disks - no bad ones. Recently I got another pack of 50 which had 8 bad disks. I call up MEI two days ago to report the problem, and they have promised to mail me 8 replacement disks, no charge. I expect to get them, and if I do, I will probably continue to order disks from them in the future. ===================== arra@inmet.inmet.com Arra Avakian Intermetrics, Inc. 733 Concord Ave Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)661-1840 x4500 =====================
jwbirdsa@amc-gw.amc.com (James Birdsall) (02/20/91)
In article <16619@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> cs161fhn@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Dennis Lou) writes: > >How are MEI disks these days? I bought 500 bulk 5.25" 360K floppies from them a couple weeks after Christmas. I've only had time to format ~200 of them so far, but the results have been good. About eight with a few bad sectors (perfectly good scratch disks for random short-term uses) and only one frisbee (bad boot sector, useful only as a...). For what I paid, I'm pleased. You can buy brand-name disks with a virtually zero error rate -- for three times or more the money per disk! -- James W. Birdsall WORK: jwbirdsa@amc.com {uunet,uw-coco}!amc-gw!jwbirdsa HOME: {uunet,uw-coco}!amc-gw!picarefy!jwbirdsa OTHER: 71261.1731@compuserve.com ================== Kitten: a small homicidal muffin on legs. ================== =========== "For it is the doom of men that they forget." -- Merlin ===========