Re: Did the Apple II use single-density 5.25" drives?

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On Friday, June 7, 2013 9:39:03 AM UTC-5, Michael Black wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Jun 2013, Sean Fahey wrote:
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> > I recall my first 3 disks cost me a months allowance and chore money. 
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> > I'm kinda glad I wasn't old enough to start dating yet or I'd have been 
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> > using cassettes for a few more years. Girlfriends were even more 
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> > expensive.
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> I still have the bill for the first box of 10 floppy disks I bought, in 
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> 1984, it's just under fifty dollars here in Canada.  Of course, that was 
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> name brand, "Elephant" if I remember.  I admit I was worried, so I didn't 
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> buy the outright cheapest, though I can't remember if generic floppies 
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> were out there yet.
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> It bugged me that I'd just bought a floppy disk drive and controller, and 
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> they hadn't bothered tossing in a blank floppy so I could get going right 
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> away.  I seem to recall buying a pack of 2 floppy disks first, so I had 
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> something until I spent more money.
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How quickly things changed. When I entered the disk market just four years later, it was $10-20 for a 10-pack. That would remain pretty stable until the mid-1990s when the prices started coming down and you started being able to get a 50-pack of 3.5" disks for $20-25. I think the last time I looked a 50-pack now costs about $14, which is even cheaper when you factor in inflation. The price of most things has doubled since then.