| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
|---|
| 469.1 | HSV is your shop!! | CSSEE2::KEANE | | Mon May 08 1989 14:56 | 17 |
| Hi,
Do you mean a reliable source of cheap floppies or a source of cheap
reliable floppies ??
I cannot find either in Reading !! The cheapest I found is that shop in
the covered arcade off Friar Street, down towards the station. However
that guy wanted 12:50 for 10 DS unbranded!. I normally ttake a trip to
Blazinstoke and go to HSV where I get 20 DS unbranded for 16 quid or
so. I have bought dozens from him so far, I have only had a couple of
duds! He is actually a MAIL order house, but Ive never used the MAIL
order as he is local to me. You can find him in Yellow pages for
Guilford (BAsingstokes Area)
Cheers
PAt K.
|
| 469.2 | Take in a show. | VANDAL::GRIFFITH | | Mon Jun 04 1990 14:00 | 10 |
|
I go to most of the ATARI Computer shows, and the prices for disks
has been steadily dropping over the years (even without buying in bulk).
This weekend, I went to the show at Hammersmith where I got a box of 10
Verbatim DS/DD for 6.50 ! (These are the "guarentee'd for life ones.)
Even if you can't get to the shows, yourself, it should be possible to find
someone to get you some.
|
| 469.3 | 55 p each | OPG::CHRIS | Capacity! What Capacity ? | Mon Jun 11 1990 11:56 | 10 |
|
Hello,
I can get hold of floppies at 55 pence each, double sided disks.
If you are interested let me know...
Chris
|
| 469.4 | US sources | NORGE::CHAD | | Mon Jun 11 1990 13:34 | 5 |
| in the US, MEI now sells DSDD for $0.39 each
Chad
PS: I've used them in the past with great success
|
| 469.5 | More on MEI | OLDTMR::WALLACE | | Mon Jun 11 1990 16:09 | 11 |
| FYI: MEI disk were ok "in the past" BUT the ones they have been shipping for
$.39 are not good quality (at least not all of them :-). I've tried a couple
recently and had to format four disks before I got two that had no bad
sectors. I've also read similiar reports on usenet about MEI's more recent
cheap floppy disks.
If you want cheap disks then go for it, but if you want reasonable quality
then you may want to reconsider (at least until MEI starts shipping good
quality disks again.
Ray
|
| 469.6 | Sony disks at a reasonable price | PRNSYS::LOMICKAJ | Jeffrey A. Lomicka | Mon Jun 11 1990 17:47 | 10 |
| I get my floppies from Damark Inc. (800) 729-9000, a "surplus" mail
order company, usually selling yuppie consumer goods.
Damark Item #B-458-129619 is 100 Sony DSDD floppies, bulk unlabelled
$69.99 plus Shipping & handling $6.50. These are genuine Sony's, I've
used many of them, and they are always reliable.
They also sell in quantity 50 disks item # B-458-129601 $49.99 Shipping
$5.50, but I always get them by the hundred.
|
| 469.7 | anyway, your mileage may vary. | NORGE::CHAD | | Tue Jun 12 1990 15:16 | 13 |
| More about MEI
About 6 weeks ago a friend of mine ordered 250 MEI at $0.39 each. I don't
know how many he used but he didn't report any problems (he was copying my
sampler sound library (legally)). His were blue. I just received 100 from
them at the same price. I haven't tried them yet (the new ones). They
are beige/tan. Point is, they have different batches so it is hard to say
that they are cr*ppy quality or not. I will report about mine when I back
up the Mac's HD.
MEI does guarantee them however -- they will replace any bad ones.
Chad
|
| 469.8 | Another UK Source | SUBURB::JAMESH | Left Handed People are SUPER Natural | Tue Jun 12 1990 16:17 | 4 |
| I suggest Discount Computer Supplies in U.K. Their phone number
is 0634-831970 and as the name suggest you can get all your supplies
from them. Not all that cheap though but good branded stuff.
...Howard
|
| 469.9 | Where do you work? | UKCSSE::KEANE | | Tue Jun 12 1990 19:19 | 5 |
| Re -.1
Not recommending DEC Direct then Howard ???? 8>))
|
| 469.10 | DECdirect sells them | SUBURB::JAMESH | Left Handed People are SUPER Natural | Thu Jun 14 1990 11:11 | 15 |
| Oh absolutly!!!!
3.5" Flopppies....Box of 10.....RX23K-10.......63.80 pounds.
3.5" storage box...Very nice....Holds 30 disks....E0-CFILE-02....18.70
pounds
Terminal Cleaning Kit...See just how dirty your screen is...Cleans
keyboard as well...Very nice Non-CFC product this....E0-VT3XX-KF
17.00 pounds only.
Sorry no employee discounts on consumables.
Contact me for further info.
...Howard
|
| 469.11 | other places too | NORGE::CHAD | | Thu Jun 14 1990 14:18 | 10 |
| Looking through COMPUTER SHOPPER I also noticed a lot of other places selling
bulk generic 3 1/2 DSDD diskettes for about 39 cents each plus porto, usually
in packs of 50.
also, one place had bulk SONY for 59 cents each plus porto.
Sorry, it wasn't my computer shopper so I can't post names
Chad
|
| 469.12 | It was mine - I'll post the names :^) | MIDI::DAN | Dan Gosselin, CUP Engineering | Thu Jun 14 1990 15:26 | 10 |
|
Computer Products, Inc. : generic DS/DD & DS/HD $.39 each (packs of 50)
1-800-288-8025 : Sony DS/DD $.59 each (packs of 50)
N. Hollywood, CA.
Diskette Connection : Sony DS/DD $.49 each (packs of 50)
1-800-451-1849
Wilmington, DE.
There was also an MEI ad.
|
| 469.13 | HD too??? | NORGE::CHAD | | Thu Jun 14 1990 16:06 | 4 |
| Dan are you sure that Computer products had HD disks at $0.39 each
that seems low for bulks for HD disks. DD go for that
Chad
|
| 469.14 | I was half right... | MIDI::DAN | Dan Gosselin, CUP Engineering | Thu Jun 14 1990 18:37 | 4 |
| The .39 price is for 5.25" HD floppies. It's .79 for the 3.5" HD's.
|