24 Jun
2000
24 Jun
'00
7:18 a.m.
I have a couple of questions regarding 5.25 inch, DS/DD
disks...
First, where is the best place to buy some new ones?
Occasionally I find a wholesaler going out of business and selling
thousands of boxes of 'em, at prices as low as 10 cents a box. But
barring such a surplus find, you can buy them brand new from www.buy.com.
At the moment you can get Maxell, Imation, and Verbatim at $4.95 a box
from them, but I've seen prices as low as $2.95 a
box.
Second, does any manufacturer still produce this media,
and what is the
shelf life?
The Imation floppies I've gotten from buy.com were produced in the last
year or two. So yes, it's still being made.
Basically, what I'm asking here is, will our 5.25
drives become
useless before too much longer?
5.25" drives, useless soon? I don't think so! I still use 14" removable
hard drives!
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