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From: krb20699@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: 5.25 floppy disk formats
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Date: 3 Dec 89 10:38:47 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!krb20699    Dec  2 00:31:00 1989


     The best I've seen is $0.49 for 3.5"s and $0.19 for 5.25"s.  This is
in bulk, of course.
     I don't see how paying 2.5 times more for over 5 times more storage
isn't economical.  3.5"s are also a heck of a lot faster.  This is in Apple
storage terms.  As far as MSDOS types go, you need high density disks (high)
for 1.2 meg 5.25"s.  They tend towards the expensive.  To get 1.44 meg on
a 3.5", you only need to buy the normal $0.49 3.5" and punch a whole in
a certain spot.  Double density, through all my uses, have given identical
"track records" to expensive HD 3.5"s on MSDOS machines.
     Of course, 3.5" drives are a bit more expensive, but...

							Ken.
						   ken-b@uiuc.edu