24 Jan
2023
24 Jan
'23
2:17 a.m.
On 1/23/2023 7:58 PM, Chris via cctalk wrote:
The nice thing was by the mid 80s there didn't
seem to be crap disks. Some guy had a shop in some basement. Commodore stuff mostly iirc.
He was selling generic didks. They were cheap, probably 4 for a dollar. I never had a
problem with a single 1. Can't recall if I ever formatted them to 720k though.
That brings back memories (pun maybe intended). In the late 1980s, you
could buy 5.25 DSDD in bulk for $USD0.29/disk, but you had to buy in
bulk. So, clubs would buy, or someone would snag 100 or 200 and then
dole them out for a bit of profit.
Tons of them here and still in use.
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Jim Brain
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