2 Jun
2004
2 Jun
'04
5:15 p.m.
On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
Hi Don
I'm almost sure I've seen a 16 hard sectored 8 inch disk someplace.
Dwight
I suppose that is possible, Dwight, but it may be a surprise to 3M!
- don
From: "Don
Maslin" <donm(a)cts.com>
On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Frank Smith wrote:
> --On Wednesday, June 02, 2004 13:22:39 -0400 Damien Cymbal
<d_cymbal(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Are hard sectored 8" floppies of any use to anyone? I've got several
boxes
of still shrink-wrapped SSSD hard sector disks. I've sold a couple boxes
on
epay, but action on them was lower than I'd imagined. Some folks who resell
alot of 8" floppies
> > told me "good luck" because
hard sectored just don't sell.
> >
> > I've seen new soft sectored disks advertised online for fairly hefty prices
(don't know if they are selling at that price or not). What systems made use
of
these? Any that I might own or want to own some day that it'd be worth me
holding on to these
> > if I can't sell them for a price
worth it to drive to the post office and
ship them?
>
> I'd be willing to buy a box or two of them to use in my Altair floppy drives
if
they are
32 sector floppies.
Frank
To the best of my knowledge, all 8" hard sectored disk are 32
sector. The only difference is between the 'normal' hard sector
arrangement where the sector holes encircle the hub hole, whereas
the 'Vydec' compatible disks have the sector holes around the
periphery. They are not common, however.
- don