Re: MEI/Micro Center floppy disks

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From: Russ Nelson
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 1990 23:49

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In article <6834@hub.ucsb.edu> 6500boo@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (William Bushing) writes:

   I've seen enough MEI/Micro Center advertisements over the
   years to feel it was worth ordering from them.

   My order of 5.25" HD, 3.5" DD and HD diskettes arrived yesterday
   and I started formatting the 5.25" HD's. The VERY FIRST one was
   a disaster, finally formatting with a number of bad sectors.

At the price MEI charges, you could have half your disks have bad
sectors, and you'd still be ahead of the "name brands".  If a disk
formats with any bad sectors, I throw it into the bad disk pile.  Yes,
it's a bit of a pain, but it only wastes a little time since I format
my disks with CONFMT while I'm reading news.

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--russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu])  Russ.Nelson@$315.268.6667
It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear -- Freeman Dyson

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