Bible John wrote: >"Michael Paoli" <michael1cat@yahoo.com> wrote <snip> Ack! I just noticed the wide crossposting on this!! I've limited my reply to csa2.
.."Of course" this price/supply situation, and their still relatively wide support, won't last forever (e.g. on http://www.floppydisk.com/buy.htm note that the LOW DENSITY DS/DD diskettes are *more* expensive than the HIGH DENSITY DS/HD diskettes).Why is that?
Low volume means you have to pay the warehouse rent and/or the few remaining reluctant manufacturers.
o Various colors and such are handy - for a small set of (semi-)frequently used floppies, one can remember what's generally on what, without even bothering to (re)label the diskettes. I probably also still have several hundred 5.25" floppies, but I use those relatively rarely these days. I have some 8" floppies, but alas, I've never had, and don't yet have an 8" floppy drive, ... so I don't have too much use for those ... at least yet.I believe I have 6-8 5.25 inch floppies. I do not believe there is a way to open the disks on a modern PC or Mac. Or is there?
If you have a PC, you can always attach a 5.25" floppy drive. The cables and connectors are still there. ;-)
I know OSX cant read ProDOS, and I doubt XP can.
XP can read ProDOS disks fine if you have CiderPress--an amazingly versatile shareware program (Google it for details). -michael Music synthesis for 8-bit Apple II's! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it is seriously underused."