Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!whitney From: whitney@think.COM (David Whitney) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: 3.5" Disk reliability Message-ID: <12200@think.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Nov-87 13:09:25 EST Article-I.D.: think.12200 Posted: Fri Nov 27 13:09:25 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 22:17:01 EST References: <871126044602.102554@DOCKMASTER.ARPA> Sender: usenet@think.UUCP Reply-To: whitney@godot.UUCP (David Whitney) Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge, MA Lines: 14 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. DISCLAIMER: You didn't actually believe all that, did you?