Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!ihlpf!bird
From: bird@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Walters)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: 1.44M disks
Message-ID: <7683@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Date: 13 Feb 89 01:50:19 GMT
References: <571@jc3b21.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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>> MEI has been offering 3.5" disks for .79 ea in lots of
>> 25 for some time (some shipping charges are added, not much)...
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> I understand the failure rate on these is pretty high ... 
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dave =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

I've used there 5.25 disks for two years and had perhaps 2 failures
out of hundreds of disks. In this area I know a large number
of people that use them. Totally, they  have ordered thousands and
none have ever commented to me about any sort of failure rate,
abnormal or otherwise. Since I just got my first shipment of 3.5
and can't comment except to say that as of now I have copied data to 50
and have experienced no errors. In any case, the disks are
warranted for life so if you should receive a bad batch, just call
them and they will have you send them back. 
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				Joe Walters att!ihlpf!bird   
				IHP 1F-240 (312) 416-5356