Re: it's the little things that annoy me

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From: Paul M. Hudy
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 1990 16:13

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In article <5941@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>, mwilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins) writes:
> In article <52048@coherent.coherent.com> dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt) writes:
> >2) Cheap floppies.  Certain brands are reliable... certain others
> >   aren't.  After reading through the Memcon floppy-disk report for
> >   1988, I'd never trust important data to a Dysan or Wabash or Xidex or
>                                               ^^^^^
> 
>   That's funny.  Ten years ago, Dysan was extremely highly-priced and had a
> reputation for excellent quality.  Things change, I guess.
> 
> -- Mark Wilkins


  We used to call Dysans "Doctor Disks" because only they could afford
them.  I think they used to be about $40-50 for a box 10 single sided
Apple II+ disks.
-Paul <egapmh@ecsvax>

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From: egapmh@uncecs.edu (Paul M. Hudy)
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Subject: Re: it's the little things that annoy me
Summary: Dysan
Keywords: grumbling
Message-ID: <1990Apr10.161346.647@uncecs.edu>
Date: 10 Apr 90 16:13:46 GMT
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