5 Nov
2001
5 Nov
'01
11:33 a.m.
Actually, I was generalizing over their entire offering of 8" drives, and it's
quite true that they have at least one drive, and in fact, not a bad one, for
$99. However, most of their 8" drives, shipped without documentation, and not
always "new," are priced at levels consistent with early-80's pricing for
new
drives. Their most expensive are not necessarily their best, nor are the
cheapest ones the worst. The problem, though, is the absence of information in
advance as to whether you're buying a new drive or a "cleaned-up" used one,
which it takes a bit of effort to extract from them.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Maslin" <donm(a)cts.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: 8 inch floppy drives
On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> I've not purchased anything from them since '77, when I bought a couple of
> "digital" cassette drives from them. Their 8" drive prices are about
what
the
> drive prices were back when the technolgy was new
and current, though the
drives
may not be.
Erm! The last time that I checked, Dick, admittedly not within a month
or so, they were asking $99 each for them. That is vastly different
from the prices of the '70s & '80s!
- don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Landrum" <clandrum(a)monumental.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 7:20 PM
Subject: 8 inch floppy drives
Found a nice site that can supply new 8 inch
floppy drives,
both half and full height and they have lots of different
models as well as enclosures and power supplies. Might be
a useful bookmark. I have not purchased anything from
them yet so cannot vouch for them. See:
www.cadigital.com
Craig Landrum
CTO
Mindwrap, Inc.