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From: ptc@genrad.com (Paul T. Chieffo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Cheap diskettes - a bargain?
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Date: 30 Nov 88 14:06:31 GMT
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In article <1288@X.UUCP> john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) writes:
>The October 31, 1988 Business Week had a short article on floppies
>(page 152A). Recently, a disk-testing equipment manufacturer
>(Memory Control Technology) tested 100 3.5" diskettes from 25
>manufacturers.  Though all the diskette were labeled as meeting
>"the government's most critical...standards", only four brands
>actually met the standards in their test:  C.  Itoh, IBM, Sony, and TDK.
                                            ^^^^^^^^

If you are looking for C. Itoh 3.5" diskettes cheap, try Direct
Micro(1-800-288-2887).  They run $1.19 each quantity of 100 or more,
shipping and labels are included.

>Memory Control Technology rated C. Itoh, TDK, Memorex,
>Kao, and IBM as best buys, and Xidex, Wabash, Dysan, and SKC as worst.  

I have had no problem with C. Itoh diskettes after using over 100 of them
over a two year period.

								-Tim