On Jul 20, 2025, at 13:15, Peter Ekstrom via cctalk &lt;cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; 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 &lt;travispierce70(a)gmail.com&gt; > 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&gt; wrote: > >> I am looking for a 15MB SQ300 disk cartridge in working condition. >> Anyone have one they wouldn't mind parting with? >> >> - Peter >> >

I can attest these carts are nearly impossible to find. I hunted for eons to find a 5mb for my SQ306rd. Last month I found a 'QPAK' and was all excited but it turned out to be a 10MB SQ200 instead. Which is fine, because right after that I found a 2 unit Tecmar drive that had both a 5mb and 10mb Syquest drive in it and both appear to have one cartridge each. So now I have two kicks at the can for the 10mb drive and one for the 5mb.But yeah.. super hard to find. I think part of it is the early carts are not well labeled and look like random junk to most people.BradSent from my Galaxy -------- Original message --------From: Wayne S via cctalk < cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; Date: 2025-07-20 1:45 p.m. (GMT-08:00) To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" &lt;cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; Cc: Travis Pierce &lt;travispierce70(a)gmail.com&gt;om>, Wayne S < wayne.sudol(a)hotmail.com&gt; Subject: [cctalk] Re: SyQuest disk anyone? Easier to get the serial zip drive to work. There’s still carts available for those.Sent from my iPhone> On Jul 20, 2025, at 13:15, Peter Ekstrom via cctalk &lt;cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; 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 &lt;travispierce70(a)gmail.com&gt;&gt;&gt; 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&gt; wrote:>> >>> I am looking for a 15MB SQ300 disk cartridge in working condition.>>> Anyone have one they wouldn't mind parting with?>>> >>> - Peter>>> >>

On Jul 21, 2025, at 10:52 AM, Peter Ekstrom via cctalk &lt;cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote: Hi Mike, Honestly, I don't know. How wide is the cartridge? I have an 88MB cartridge but it is too big. - Peter On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM Mike Stein &lt;mhs.stein(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: