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From: hanson@ihuxq.UUCP (R. J. Hanson)
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Subject: Re: Hospital wants Floppy Disk information
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Date: Mon, 5-Mar-84 14:04:04 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  5 14:04:04 1984
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Years ago... in the home of the mechanical bull...
I used to be the "caretaker" of a TI 990/4 (NOT a TI-99/4 Home Computer),
which is a floppy-based system using the 9900 in a (large) desktop box.
The TX/990 system disk was left in all day and night, rain or shine,
for a couple months at a time. I would then be forced to replace it
when it had worn down. There were differences we noted between brands.

We used "genuine IBM" floppies, and found that they were consistently
good. Purchasing then slipped us Memorex Markette (TM) and if I remember
right (a long time ago in a job far away), these did not do as well. We then
tried the "genuine Texas Instruments brand" and these were the best. I
believe they are made for TI by Dysan. They are strictly certified
error-free in a test procedure which TI requires of Dysan in the
contract between the two. Looking further, in the Inmac catalog, you
will see a note on manufacturer's recommendations, and TI recommends
these stricter reliability requirements.

Therefore my advice is Dysan or "Texas Instruments".
-- 

                  R. J. Hanson  N9DZZ  ihnp4!ihuxq!hanson
                  AT&T Bell Labs  Room IW 1A-407
                  1100 East Warrenville Road
                  Naperville, IL  60566      312-979-7663