Re: Quick, before they're gone: 5.25" DSDD diskettes

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Matt Ackeret writes ...
> 
> In article <34C76630.4900@swbell.net>, Rubywand  <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
> >     Evidently, any 5.25" diskette is getting hard to find-- like most
> 
> I find this interesting.  I could swear I saw on alt.folklore.computers
> recently (within the last year, most likely much more recently than that)
> that someone said that 8 inch disks were readily available, new...
> I would've thought those were "more outdated" than 5.25" disks.
> --
> mattack@area.com


     So would I.  Of course, "readily available" may mean that they can
still be purchased from a few sellers. Or, maybe some governments
somewhere are replacing their OSI computers and dumping 8" diskettes.


Rubywand