Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxq.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihuxq!hanson From: hanson@ihuxq.UUCP (R. J. Hanson) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Hospital wants Floppy Disk information Message-ID: <738@ihuxq.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Mar-84 14:04:04 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxq.738 Posted: Mon Mar 5 14:04:04 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 6-Mar-84 03:12:58 EST References: <2635@fortune.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 24 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