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From: tmurphy@wpi.wpi.EDU ("Tom [Chris] Murphy")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re:  1.44M disks
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Date: 11 Feb 89 18:27:30 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.

Have YOU checked media prices lately?  The going rate for 1.44s is about
$38, and 720s about $14.  These were Sony disks, as I recall.  
The only place I see prices like the ones you state are office
supply places, which traditionally charge far too much.

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