Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: floppy quality (was Avg lifetime for a 3.5" floppy?) Message-ID: <1991Feb24.034256.14847@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 24 Feb 91 03:42:56 GMT References: <1991Feb19.163610.22812@infonode.ingr.com> <1991Feb22.205153.25655@unislc.uucp> Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX Lines: 8 I used to have major problems with 3M tapes and disks, to the point where I figured Scotch Magic Tape might be as reliable. But they seem to have improved in the intervening 6 years or so, and we now use their cartridge tapes with no major problems. I can't say anything for or against their floppies, but if they've gotten as much better as their tapes they're probably up to scratch. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' .