Reiability of wrong media (was: is out of 5-1/4" diskettes

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Fri Jan 22 12:01:03 1999

On Fri, 22 Jan 1999 SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com wrote:

> i made many disks flippies so i didnt have to carry so many around and never
> had a disk failure. Of course, i always bought double sided disks instead of
> single side disks since supposedly both sides were certified error free rather
> than just one side.

I never bought stupid double-sided disks. I always just bought bulk
single-sided thru mail order and used my handy-dandy disk notcher on them.
I never had a problem with disks going bad. Those same disks are still
holding out today.

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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