Easier to get the serial zip drive to work. There’s still carts available for those.
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On Jul 20, 2025, at 13:15, Peter Ekstrom via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I did find that out a little while ago. But the disks do seem as rare as
hen's teeth for sure!
I came across an SQ319RD drive for cheap a little while back and was
thinking of trying to get it to work with one of my PDP-11s, but without a
disk it is just a paper weight.
Figured I'd ask here too but you just confirmed I'm going to have to be
very patient. I'd like to have a few disks but right now I just need one so
I can verify the drive works.
-Peter
> On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM Travis Pierce <travispierce70(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I've been looking for these removable drive cartridges for years with no
> luck. Sysgen called these DuraPak's and SyQuest called them Q-PAK's.
I'm
> not sure why they had different names.
>
> On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM Peter Ekstrom via cctalk <
> cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
>> I am looking for a 15MB SQ300 disk cartridge in working condition.
>> Anyone have one they wouldn't mind parting with?
>>
>> - Peter
>>
>