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

[Warren Ernst <wernst@gmail.com>]

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.

-Warr