Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pacbell!att-ih!ihnp4!ihlpf!straka From: straka@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Straka) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Floppies (made in the USA) (look for the union label) Message-ID: <4291@ihlpf.ATT.COM> Date: 6 Apr 88 13:04:48 GMT References: <3274@haddock.ISC.COM> Reply-To: straka@ihlpf.UUCP (55223-Straka,R.J.) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois Lines: 17 In article rs4u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Richard Siegel) writes: >Do NOT use Scotch (3M) floppies! In heavy use here (CMU) they've proven to be ... >I don't know if Kodak is any good or if it's US made, but you might look into ... >Why the fixation on US manufacture? I prefer Sony floppies, myself. Never had >any problem... A friend (in the computer supply business) told me about a year ago that there are only 3 manufacturers of the actual media for 3-1/2" floppies (they call them the "cookies"); all of the outfits either buy the whole package and remarket it, or buy the cookies and assemble the case around it. Does anybody out there have a good lead on who makes what out there? -- Rich Straka ihnp4!ihlpf!straka Advice for the day: "MSDOS - just say no."