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Article #34266Re: Cheap diskettes - a bargain?
From: David Martosko '91
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1988 23:46
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1988 23:46
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In article <32406@bbn.COM> levin@BBN.COM (Joel B Levin) writes: >I just got a flyer in the mail from MEI/Micro Center of Columbus, >Ohio. They are advertising 3.5" diskettes at $.85 each (in lots of >25; shipping $.50 and labels at $1.50 for 50 -- this amounts to 50 >disks for $45 complete). They claim diskettes are certified to meet >or exceed ANSI standards and have "Lifetime Warranty". My question: >anyone heard of these guys or have any experience with them or their >products? This price is good till the end of December. Well, I don't know anything about their Mac disks, but I do know that they "roll their own." Years ago when the Apple II was the thing to have, I bought 100 DS/DD (5 1/4") disks from them. 15 in all never formatted. Sure, they were cheap (35 cents apiece). You get what you pay for. =============================================================================== DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed herein are mine! All MINE!!! *heh* David Martosko E-mail:sage@eleazar.dartmouth.EDU Dartmouth College HB 2216 Phone:(603) 640-4753 Hanover, NH 03755
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!super!udel!princeton!njin!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!sage From: sage@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (David Martosko '91) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Cheap diskettes - a bargain? Message-ID: <10949@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 16 Nov 88 23:46:10 GMT References: <32406@bbn.COM> Sender: news@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU Reply-To: sage@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (David Martosko '91) Followup-To: comp.sys.mac Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 20