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Re: Tractor feed disk labels

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From: Steven E. Rice, P.E.
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1987 19:05
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In article <22155@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, Bryce Nesbitt
(bryce@hoser.berkeley.edu) writes:

> In article <615@trwspf.TRW.COM> knurlin@trwspf.UUCP (Scott Karlin) writes:
>> I am looking for 2 3/4" wide x 2" tall tractor feed
>> printer labels so I can label my 3-1/2" [90mm] disks. **
>> Does anyone know a good source?
> 
> QuickLabels.  7 * 7mm.  Tractor Feed, non-smear, removable, won't fall
                ^^^^^^^
                slightly over 1/4" square. . .

> off.  Great stuff.
> $19 for a pack of 201 labels, or $18 if you buy in multiples of 2 packs.

Isn't this a bit high for such small labels?  [ 8^) ]
 
> . . .

> ** 90mm is the proper size for what some people call "3.5 inch" disks.
> The world is metric, catch up, America.

One problem with using translations of units people have grown up with
is that they often don't have much physical meaning.  Bryce undoubtedly
meant to write 70 x 70 mm (or 7 x 7 cm).  He certainly would have caught
the error if he had used English units, instead!

					Steve Rice

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From: stever@videovax.Tek.COM (Steven E. Rice, P.E.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Tractor feed disk labels
Summary: Pretty small labels, they are, they are!
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Date: 15 Dec 87 19:05:47 GMT
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Organization: Tektronix Television Systems, Beaverton, Oregon
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