Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!sequent!crg5!crg3!dvp From: dvp@crg3.UUCP (Dan Vander Ploeg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Low-cost disks... Message-ID: Date: 14 Feb 90 16:39:44 GMT References: <927@tardis.Tymnet.COM> <2559@gmu90x.gmu.edu> Sender: dvp@crg5.UUCP Distribution: na Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Beaverton, Oregon Lines: 23 In-reply-to: jbaker@gmu90x.gmu.edu's message of 11 Feb 90 08:11:33 GMT John Baker writes: >Dan Vander Ploeg writes: >>In a recent sample from Lightspeed, at $1.00 each, I found no bad disks. >I have never heard of them; who manufactured the disks? Lightspeed is a Portland mailorder company. They advertise in AmigaWorld. The disks are anonymous, this batch was a nice gold color. >>With the bulk Sony disks from the local user group, I average 10% bad. >We have ordered over 600 SONY 3.5" disks, and have never had a bad disk. Are >you sure your user group is getting Sony DS disks? In our last two orders, >each disk was printed on the back with "DOUBLE SIDED" and a serial number. >But in older orders, disks only had a serial number. These are probably the disks Sony rejects. The disks are unmarked, but come in cartons with Sony labels on them. --Dan [...!ogicse!sequent!dvp]