Re: January issue of A2-Central?

[apple@utopia.gen.nz (Ken Wright)]

snelson@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Steven Nelson) writes:

> From article <D2FCp8.Iv@actrix.gen.nz>, by dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (Da
> > Has anyone out there received their January issue of A2-Central?  I
> > don't recall getting it, and another member of my user group says he
> > didn't get his either.
> > -- 
> > David Empson
> > dempson@actrix.gen.nz
> > Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand
> 
> Yes, I received my A2-Central and TimeOut-Central disks sometime is early
> Jan. 95.  The postmark on the envelopes was Dec 30, 1994.  Unfortunately,
> for the third issue in a row, the disks arrived with bad blocks.  Since I hav
> 4 GS systems with Apple 3.5 drives, a IIe with Apple Unidisk 3.5, a IIe with
> UDC and Laser 3.5 drives, and a MacLC w/IIe card and NONE of these systems
> can read the bad blocks, I am pretty sure it is not a hardware problem with
> my drives!  Also three months in a row is too much of a coincidence.  So
> either ICON uses an incredibly bad disk duplicator, or the PO has equipment
> that is damaging the disks shipped in the business sized envelopes.  I think
> ICON needs to switch to disk mailers which are more likely to be hand cancele
> 
> I am curious if other US users have been noticing problems.  I hope our 
> overseas friends are not troubled by this problem too.
> 
> And I would like to mention, that my GS+ Vol6, #3 issue arrived on Jan 13, 95
> At least a week later than some of the overseas deliveries.  So if the US Pos
> Office got their hands on your A2-Central issue, Dave, it could be a couple
> more weeks before they get it into NZ.  :-(
> 
>   --steve  (steven-nelson@uiowa.edu)
> 

I just got my copy of A2-Central today 
(21 January 1995) and it was postmarked January 13 1995
So I guess the US PO did hang around with it!
Anyway...I have had no problems with the disk like you mentioned
and it may be the US PO in your area or something...