| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 150.1 | Floppies door to door. | RDGENG::KEANE | | Thu Jun 30 1988 09:40 | 18 |
| Hi Tony in Sunny Basingstoke,
The best place to by 3.5 in floppy disks is BASINGSTOKE.
If you go to HSV Ltd. They sell mail order but will sell from the
office. I bought 10 unbranded 3.5 DS/DD from them for 10 pounds.
on Tuesday this week. I have bought 30 previously and they were
all good.
HSV are located on the first floor of the office block above the
shops in the town centre. The entrance to the office block can be
found in the side walkway opposite the ARGUS Catalogue Shop.
Cheers
Pat K.
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| 150.2 | more on cheapo floppies. | RDGENG::KEANE | | Thu Jun 30 1988 09:54 | 23 |
| re 150.1 from me,
I will get jumped all over, recommending using unbranded disks,
however I have now got over 80. I have only had one disk that had
one bad spot. found during format, not in use. I have never lost
any files from the disks.
Peter Watts however has an ST with a different type of drive unit
to mine, (I have an STM with a CHINON brand drive). He has found that
disks I found worked fine, were useless on his machine. So he only
recommends Sony real brand. You pays your money and takes your choice.
I can format my cheapo's with Hyperformat, 11 sectors and 82 tracks
and they still work well, (on my machine), I wouldnt try to interchange
at that formatted density.
P.S. HSV do sell branded disks at more cost dont know how much
more.
Pat K.
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| 150.3 | SONY SONY SONY | SEDOAS::WATT | It's Life Jim but not as we know it | Thu Jun 30 1988 11:26 | 3 |
| Pat I won't say a word, honest.
Peter_who_only_uses_sony's_Watt_without_an_s
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| 150.4 | | FOOT::WRIGHT | I AM a member of this company | Thu Jun 30 1988 12:59 | 11 |
| Thanks Pat
I just rang them (0249 463507) and they quoted me the following
prices for 50 DSDD :-
DATATEK - 51 + vat (58.60)
MAXELL - 124 + vat (142.60)!!! (out of stock at the moment)
UNBRANDED - 50.95 inc VAT (99.95 for 100)
they also said that they will sell them to you 'over the counter'.
Tony
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| 150.5 | | STOPIT::BADMAN | Laugh ? I almost did. | Thu Jun 30 1988 13:57 | 6 |
| Are HSV a computer supplies company or do they sell ST software
as well ???
Jamie.
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| 150.6 | HSV supplies only | RDGENG::KEANE | | Fri Jul 01 1988 05:39 | 9 |
|
Hi Jamie,
They are just a supplies company, floppies, paper mouse mats
disk boxes etc etc etc etc
Cheers
Pat K.
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| 150.7 | UPDATED PRICES FROM HSV | FOOT::WRIGHT | I AM a member of this company | Mon Aug 08 1988 08:16 | 10 |
| I've just rung HSV today and they have lower prices for UNBRTANDED
discs :-
50 for �45.95
100 for �89.95
both inclusive of VAT
TONY
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| 150.8 | Anyone got an update ? | WARNUT::KAYD | WORM-mode noter | Thu Nov 08 1990 03:47 | 13 |
| It's been a while since this note has seen any activity, so does anyone
have any more recent recommendations ? It's interesting to see how much
prices have dropped isn't it ?!
I'm after a few blank discs (about 20-30), and I'm baffled by the sheer
number of advertisers in the ST press. I assume I can just get any DSDD
discs, and I'm not bothered about whether they are branded or not.
Any recommends or war stories gratefully received.
Cheers,
Derek.
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| 150.9 | Disks on the cheap | OPG::CHRIS | Capacity! What Capacity ? | Thu Nov 08 1990 05:33 | 9 |
|
hello,
I get unbranded disks from my local store. This are happy to be
formatted up to 83 tracks, doubled sided and 10 tracks. I have
bought 30 or so over the last 12 months and no problems. The cost
60 p per disk...
Chris
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| 150.10 | He seeks them here, he seeks them there ... | WARNUT::KAYD | WORM-mode noter | Fri Nov 09 1990 03:37 | 11 |
| re .-1
> I get unbranded disks from my local store. This are happy to be
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Chris
You wouldn't like to reveal it's name, location etc would you Chris :-)
Cheers,
Derek.
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| 150.11 | Location As Requested | OPG::CHRIS | Capacity! What Capacity ? | Fri Nov 09 1990 05:40 | 4 |
| The location is Pontypool in South Wales U.K. If anyone wants any
let me know and I will post them to you...
Chris
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| 150.12 | WHS, Argos... | SYSTEM::GOODWIN | Pete. DEC/EDI. Wassa Data Server? ARM-wrestler | Thu Jan 10 1991 07:48 | 7 |
| WHS have been seen highly dubious looking floppies for �15 (10 off).
They come with an unusual case that collapses and acts like a display
case. I tried buying some disks branded "Select" from Argos -
advertised at �6, but they charged me �3.99 when I went through the
checkout.
Pete.
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| 150.13 | | SIEVAX::JAMIE | Use me, Use me... Ooops! Excuse me! | Thu Jan 10 1991 08:20 | 1 |
| Ultima in Reading sells floppies for 70pence each now, I think.
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| 150.14 | CHEAPEST YET | PAKORA::RBLAIR | Rod Blair | Sat Apr 15 1995 22:12 | 4 |
| I buy my disks in Dunfermline, Fife for 24pence each !!!
rod.
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