Re: The "Rarity" of DS/DD 5.25" Disks, IMHO

[Charles Stephens <devnull@dobbs.eng.sun.com>]

>>>>> "ST" == SirThomas  <sirthomas@aol.com> writes:

 >> Now that DD disks are so rare...
 ST> (Maybe I'm looking too United States centric, but...)

 ST> With people trying to sell DS/DD disks at up to $10 for a box of
 ST> 10 (no joke) which is the price I paid for them in 1983 (I'm
 ST> still crying about that), I just wanted to say that DS/DD disks
 ST> are not rare at all.  I passed many boxes of 3M DS/DD disks at
 ST> Wal-Mart just yesterday at about $6 a box.  Or you might try my
 ST> favorite places to pick up old DS/DD disks: Goodwill or Salvation
 ST> Army.  Man, do those people have a lot of junk computers!  But,
 ST> they also carry a lot of junked DS/DD disks from the old days at
 ST> prices that are cheaper than dirt.  I walked away with three
 ST> shoeboxes full of disks for five bucks a box!

 ST> So, IMHO, DS/DD 5.25" disks are not rare, they are just elusive.
 ST> ;)

HD may not be rare, but what about new DD?  HD media don't always work so
well with DD drives (and HD drives have been know not to work well at
all with DD media). 

I know Fry's still carries them at a reasonable price (US$5).

cfs
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