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From: skankman@ux5.lbl.gov (David Schurig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: ED (2.88M) disks for 3$ each
Message-ID: <13209@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
Date: 15 May 91 03:40:03 GMT
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Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley
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I was at the U.C. San Diego book store the other day and I checked
the NeXT edu prices.  I saw 50 ED disks for $160 i.e. $3.2 each.
Do any other schools have this deal?  U.C. Berkeley does not. 
This brings the price of ED disks down to 1.1 $/Mbyte.  Compare
to 1.4 $/Mbyte for the best HD disk deal I have seen. Considering
the added convenience of higher capacity this pricing makes ED disks
the media of choice in my mind.  Of course one still needs HD disks
for carrying data to other platforms, but I am very glad my floppy
drive plays these ED guys.  Good move Jobs. :^)

p.s. I have noticed lately that monster size hard drives are slipping
below the 2 $/Mbyte level.  Does this signify the heyday of these
devices or the demise of their industry.  I vote we end the mechanical 
reign of terror.

Daev