Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!hamilton From: hamilton@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Disks--where to buy? Message-ID: <172200077@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: Mon, 13-Jul-87 14:12:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uxc.172200077 Posted: Mon Jul 13 14:12:00 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jul-87 02:20:44 EDT References: <418@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU> Lines: 22 Nf-ID: #R:phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU:418:uxc.cso.uiuc.edu:172200077:000:1075 Nf-From: uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!hamilton Jul 13 13:12:00 1987 kpmancus@phoenix says: > I recently went to buy my first 10 3.5" disks for my Amiga locally >(in southern New Jersey), and was outraged at having to pay $20 for >10 single-sided disks. you think THAT's bad? when i bought my amiga, in october of '85, the only local source of 3.5" DSDD's (the local authorized amiga dealer at that time, incidently) wanted ~$70 for 10 sony DSDDs. i was ecstatic when i found a local source of maxell DSDDs for $26/10. for a while, i was buying bulk "unmarked sony" DSDD's for $95/50. only a few cents less than your $20/box, but they _were_ double sided. last time i bought disks, i think i paid about $170 for 100 sony DSDD's, in boxes of 10 (from usa-flex; got good service from them too). there are lower prices around, especially for bulk generics. wayne hamilton U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,pur-ee,convex}!uiucuxc!hamilton ARPA: hamilton@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu USMail: Box 476, Urbana, IL 61801 CSNET: hamilton%uxc@uiuc.csnet Phone: (217)333-8703 CIS: [73047,544] PLink: w hamilton