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From: whitney@think.COM (David Whitney)
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Subject: Re: 3.5" Disk reliability
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Date: Fri, 27-Nov-87 13:09:25 EST
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In article <871126044602.102554@DOCKMASTER.ARPA> TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.ARPA writes:
>I've now had (two) GS's for somewhat over a year (one of them not quite
>that long) and I seem to have had many more disks with disk errors than
>I ever had on the five year old II+, even counting for the higher
>capacity.  Are the 3.5's inherently less reliable or is it just me?

What kind of 3.5" disks are you using? I find that Sony disks are the best
and have actually had only two block errors in the past several years. You
want to be sure that you buy double-sided disks (that is, if it's actually
possible to buy single-sided disks any more).
David Whitney, MIT '90                     Still learning about my Apple //GS
{the known universe}!ihnp4!think!whitney   and all of its secrets. Any and all
whitney@think.com                          technical info appreciated.
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