Re: 5.25 disks?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Jayson Smith writes ...
> 
> Hi,
> This might be a stupid question, but then again maybe not.  I've got three
> Apples, but a shortage of the disks they use.  My 3.5 drive will happily use
> high dencity 3.5 disks which I have tons of, but aparently the 5.25 drives
> don't like the high dencity E.G. 1.2 MB disks.  I don't have very many of
> the double dencity? disks, the type Apples normally use.  Are places still
> selling those disks, even though they're way out of date, or do you sort of
> have to find them as you can?  What's a good price ballpark?
> Thanks.


     Here (from the FAQs) are some places to try. (Didn't know Bill sells them,
too; will need to add Garber Street to the list).

     Be sure to post anything you discover about dead leads, good deals, etc..


Grace Ashley (352-748-7739, http://apple2software.htmlplanet.com/ ) sells 
Apple II educational software and 'blank' 5.25" diskettes 

Albert Franklin (email: jfrankl1@mindspring.com) sells 5.25" DS/DD diskettes. 

XDR2.com ( http://www.xdr2.com/ click on "Disks") sells 5.25" & 3.5" DD
diskettes in bulk (e.g. 3.5" at 50 for $13). Looks like they are trying to sell
5.25" diskettes for $0.95 each!

Meritline.com ( http://store.yahoo.com/meritline/floppydisk.html ) sells 3.5"
DD diskettes in bulk (e.g. 100 for $14). 

Peripheral Manufacturing, Inc (800-468-6888; email: periphman@periphman.com )
sells 5.25" DD diskettes in 10 packs ($2.95) and 50 packs (with sleeves,
$15.00).. 

Commodore 64 & 128 Products ( http://www.oldsoftware.com/Commodore.html  search
the page for disks for sale)  sells 5.25" & 3.5" DD diskettes. 

Check the non-Apple sections on eBay. Sometimes you'll see boxes of a thousand
disks going for the cost of shipping -- if they're listed outside of Vintage
Apple they seem to go a lot cheaper. 

Thrift shops: you may find packs of used 5.25" DD diskettes at bargain prices. 



Rubywand