19 Aug
2007
19 Aug
'07
3:11 p.m.
On 19 Aug 2007 at 22:14, Andrew Burton wrote:
I used to buy Imation disks for use on my Amiga's
(when they were
working). After I realised how crap they were (various failures) and
how poorly made they were (simply by write-protecting the disks I
would break the glue bond between the casing and a visable gap would
appear on the underside). I bought 30 disks (3 boxes of 10) before
switching to Verbatim disks - a much higher quality casing and no
errors at all on the 40 odd disks I got before my Amiga's went down
last year.
I used to buy Sony 3.5" DSHD diskettes by the thousand. They were
passable, but newer stock is of lower quality than the old stock.
The sad fact is that there's almost no competition/demand for
floppies nowadays and you live with what you can find.
I was a big fan of Dysan floppies. Just before the Sunnyvale
operation closed up shop, I was sent a some alignment diskettes and
other goodies (such as a few Drivetec disks) by a fellow in their
support department who thought I might be interested.
Cheers,
Chuck