Re: Good source for "new" 5.25 and 3.5 inch floppy disks?

[winston19842005 <bjjlyates@bellsouth.net>]

On 9/17/07 4:40 PM, in article
1190061658.713269.153530@d55g2000hsg.googlegroups.com, "Warren Ernst"
<wernst@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sep 17, 1:30 pm, winston19842005 <bjjlya...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> On 9/17/07 2:40 PM, in article
>> 1190054402.084122.307...@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com, "Warren Ernst"
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> <wer...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> All,
>> 
>>> Well, I made up some disks for someone recently, and I was forced to
>>> open my last box of blank 5.25 inch floppies. Uh Oh.
>> 
>>> It then occurred to me that my supply of Double Density 3.5 inch disks
>>> is all down to old PC disks, about half of which test bad when I
>>> format them.
>> 
>>> Ditto for the High Density 3.5 inch disks for my SuperDrives, which
>>> also test bad about half the time.
>> 
>>> So really, what it seems I need is fresh supply of floppy disks, but
>>> are there such things any more? I see folks selling them on ebay, and
>>> Google turned up a few places (such ashttp://www.oldsoftware.com/disks.html)
>>> that seem to have some supply, but perhaps my fellow CSA2-ers can
>>> recommend a place that has sold them consistently good media at a good
>>> price.
>> 
>>> And are truly new, quality, double-density 5.25 and 3.5 inch disks
>>> even sold anymore?
>> 
>> I've seen 3.5" disks at Wal-Mart and Big Lots, new in the box.
>> I wouldn't bet on the quality though. Reports have been that quality of
>> floppies have dropped since they are no longer the media of choice.
> 
> WalMart and other office supply stores sell *high density* disks.
> Though you can use such disks in a pinch (I'm told), what I'm looking
> for is 800k double-density disks.

Well, we Tiers use them all the time in our 720k drives, just tape over the
density hole.

There are more than enough threads arguing about media differences, but IMHO
those only applied to the 5.25" HD media (and I keep finding a pack or two
of those after all these years unopened to throw out).

As for quality, I would suggest reading the disk tests of Paul Panks over on
comp.sys.cbm. Especially if you need a laugh... ;)