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From: rjd@nancy.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Bad Floppies
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Date: Mon, 11-May-87 08:51:50 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 11 08:51:50 1987
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In article <8705090050.AA25476@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> cew@ELVIRA.ISI.EDU writes:
>I might as well put my two cents in for this.  The only floppy to fail
>me was a Verbatim ValueLife DSDD.  This is their low end disk so I guess
>I should have expected it.  Their top line disks (only SS) have performed
>like champions...

My experience (recently) with Verbatim has been poor. Before leaving my
old job, I purchased a box of Verbatim disks *issued "For Government and
Educational Use"* Whether these disks are Verbatim's normal brand, or
whether they are retreads sold to unsuspecting government and educational
institutions is anyone's guess. 

The statistics? Out of a box of 10 DSDD diskettes, a whopping 8 disks 
have failed in a six month period. (The failed disks even refuse to format.)
At first I thought it was my drive, but I have access to many Atari and
MacIntosh drives and the results are the same. If Verbatim is selling
retreads to the US govt and universities, they should be ashamed of themselves.
If these disks are their normal product line, they should be doubly ashamed of
themselves. In the several years I have been using floppies (3.5", 5.25",
or the old large format floppies) I have *never* come across a failure
rate like that.



                     - Rob DeMillo
		       Brown University - Planetary Science Group
		       
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