Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!deimos!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxh.cso.uiuc.edu!mead From: mead@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Orphaned Response Message-ID: <19500057@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 22 Feb 90 01:38:55 GMT References: <5@libyan.cs.utexas.edu> Lines: 27 Nf-ID: #R:libyan.cs.utexas.edu:5:uxh.cso.uiuc.edu:19500057:000:1327 Nf-From: uxh.cso.uiuc.edu!mead Feb 21 01:10:00 1990 /* Written 7:24 am Feb 14, 1990 by harper@convex.com in uxh.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.ibm.pc */ In article <5@libyan.cs.utexas.edu> glenn@cs.utexas.edu (Gwangwu Lai) writes: > >Be careful when you go shopping for cheap "1.44M" disks. > >I bought 100 DS/HD disks for 169 dollars, which included shipping and >handling. >All 100 disks are unmistakably DS/DD disks with a hole punched in the >upper left-hand corner by a machine and passed off as "DS/HD" disks.! Actually, this is not even that great of a price for real DS/HD disks as prices on them have come down a lot. The latest catalog from MEI/Micro Center (800-634-3478) lists 3.5" DS/HD disks for $22.25 in lots of 25 ($0.89 ea). These are described as 2 MB unformatted diskettes which is what you need for 1.44 MB formatted capacity. I have not tried these yet (I intend to) but I have purchased their 5.25" diskettes in the past (several times) and I have always been happy with both the quality and the promptness of delivery. Dave Harper - Convex Computer Corp. E-mail address: 3000 Waterview Pky. Richardson, TX 75081 harper@convex.COM (214) 497-4525 (W) (214) 727-4206 (H) /* End of text from uxh.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.ibm.pc */