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From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall)
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Subject: Re: 1.44M disks
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Date: 9 Feb 89 14:06:08 GMT
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>Have you checked your prices on blank media yet?
>1.44 Meg disks have twice the storage capacity, but
>about $80 for a box of 10, as opposed to $20 for 10
>for normal 3.5 disks.

Depending on your nerve (and willingnes to back up what you really can't
afford to lose) use the $20 disks (we do on our PS/2's all the time, and
except for the 1 in 30 or 40 that refuses to format at the higher
density, we haven't had any problems).

Remember in the "old days" (5 or 6 years ago :-) using the reverse
side of "single sided diskettes?"  The only difference between the DD
and the HD (besides the price of course) is the warranty (have you EVER
sent a disk back and claimed a refund because the disk didn't meet
warranty specs???? ;-)

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