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From: jrh@bunker.UUCP (Jeff Hagen)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: RE: floppy diskettes
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Date: Fri, 30-Mar-84 10:46:14 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 30 10:46:14 1984
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> I certainly agree with buying the best diskettes 
> you can get.  It's simply not worth the headwear
> and grief to save a few dollars.

I don't understand this.  I have never seen a floppy (brand)
that didn't fail.  The cheap diskettes are about half of the 
price of the Maxell/Verbatim/Dysan group.  If you use both sides
this means that you can make four copies for the price of one.
So even if you make two backups you're saving money.  I agree
that after a lot of use the cheap diskettes are less reliable
than the expensive ones, but the vast majority of my diskettes
sit on the shelf as backups so reliability is not a factor. 
	Buying expensive disketttes is like buying something from 
IBM, you pay a whole bunch of money for a false sense of security.

							jrh