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From: is813cs@pyr.gatech.EDU (Cris Simpson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 3.5" disk drives and diskettes
Summary: Ignores HP propaganda!
Keywords: I never believed it either!
Message-ID: <6928@pyr.gatech.EDU>
Date: 9 Dec 88 21:31:45 GMT
References: <10208@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <5060038@hpccc.HP.COM>
Reply-To: is813cs@pyr.UUCP (Cris Simpson)
Organization: VA Rehab R&D | Ga Inst of Technology
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In article <5060038@hpccc.HP.COM> land@hpccc.HP.COM (David M. Land) writes:
>
>I've drilled a couple of discs, originally SINGLE-SIDED (256K) discs for
>an HP 150, and I'm getting about 90% use from them -- in other words, on
>a 1.44 M floppy, about 1.3 M of usable space.  And that's on a used, 
>single-sided disc. 
>HOWEVER:  I only use such discs for files I can afford to lose.


Gosh, it's really shocking to see this from an HP employee,  
what with all the propaganda they send with storage devices. You
know the one with the HP technician saying " If he had used HP
disks in this floppy drive, he wouldn't have needed $14,000
worth of service on it."   

I think I'll call the response center and see if this is 
supported...     :-) 

cris

Disclaimer:   I love HP.  I've got a lab full of it.