The use of the floppy disk as an alternative mode for delivering Information Services reports was evaluated for fiscal year 1985 by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS). A 5.25 inch, 8/9 sector, 40 track ASCII floppy disk used under PC-DOS on the IBM PC and IBM PC compatible hardware was tested. Tabular data but not graphics can be provided using this medium. The information can be provided as either a simple data file or in electronic spreadsheet format (such as Lotus 1-2-3). The NCHEMS HP3000 Series III computer is used to process data from the NCHEMS higher education holdings and generate the reports. In pilot testing the floppy disk with several clients, NCHEMS provided the following reports: educational and general revenue by source per full-time equivalent (FTE) students, and educational and general expenditures by function per FTE student. A letter from a client is appended that notes the success of the floppy disk as a mode of delivery. The client received finance reports on floppy disk in Lotus 1-2-3 format, and the data were trouble free and immediately usable. (SW)