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From: nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather)
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Subject: Re: Diskettes
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Date: Wed, 2-May-84 10:01:58 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  2 10:01:58 1984
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From: burton@fortune.UUCP

Stick to Verbatim, Dysan, and Maxell.  Avoid all the "private labels" unless
you can use the media color or jacket sealing marks or finish to match the
private label with a known manufacturer.  Don't buy on price unless you
don't frustrate easily.
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Hah!  I just bought a boxes of Maxell floppies and got 3 that wouldn't
format.  I returned these to the dealer for 3 new ones ... one of which
wouldn't format.  Disgusted, I bought 2 boxes of Verbatim floppies --
and only 1 wouldn't format.  

Bad disk drive?  No, I checked that.  Bad floppies.  On two of them, you
could *see* the flaws.

Maybe Dysan ....
                                       The Ever Hopeful
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                                       Ed Nather
                                       ihnp4!{ut-sally,kpno}!utastro!nather
                                       Astronomy Dept., U. of Texas, Austin