18 Mar
1999
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4:13 a.m.
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18 Mar
18 Mar
5:29 a.m.
Cameron,
I can get 5 1/4" low density disks all the time @ my local (30 Miles
away) Salvation Army Store for about TEN CENTS each plus 8% tax plus
actual shipping, they usually have programs on them and I have my
Packard Bell Cyrix 300 set up with a low density drive so I can do a
virus scan on each disk before I use it on my PCJr. I forgot one time
and my Jr got STONED.
My question to you is: How many disks do you want?
I currently have two unopened boxes of ten disks each. One box is 3M the
other is Verbatim, both are 360 kb when formatted. I do not know if they
are formatted as the boxes don't say. The two unopened boxes are not for
sale. I will find more unopened boxes probably though.
John Amirault
Cameron Kaiser wrote:
See
http://store.imation.com/
and Diskette Products. DD 5.25" disks! Rapturous! They even have them
for RX-50! *And* 8" disks! But be prepared to pay through the nose, of
course ...
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12:54 p.m.
I have a number of 5-1/4 disks for sale on my web site a lot cheaper
than that.
Some are new others used and some demos.
But a lot cheaper.
www.voicenet.com/~generic
At 07:13 AM 3/18/99 -0800, you wrote:
See
http://store.imation.com/
and Diskette Products. DD 5.25" disks! Rapturous! They even have them
for RX-50! *And* 8" disks! But be prepared to pay through the nose, of
course ...
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http://calvin.ptloma.edu/~spectre/ --
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Computing
Point Loma Nazarene University
Fax: +1 619 849
2581
ckaiser(a)ptloma.edu
Phone: +1 619 849
2539
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star. -- William
Blake --
gene@ehrich
http://www.voicenet.com/~generic
Computer & Video Game Garage Sale
Gene Ehrich
PO Box 209
Marlton NJ
08053-0209
5:10 p.m.
and Diskette Products. DD 5.25" disks! Rapturous!
They even have them
for RX-50! *And* 8" disks! But be prepared to pay through the nose, of
course ...
I've heard that RX-50's are a lot cheaper from DEQ (was it DEC Direct?),
although with the new management who knows how long before they dump their
stock.
Zane
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6:58 p.m.
Cameron Kaiser wrote:
See
http://store.imation.com/
and Diskette Products. DD 5.25" disks! Rapturous! They even have them
for RX-50! *And* 8" disks! But be prepared to pay through the nose, of
course ...
Jerome Fine replies:
I guess I am in luck. I have a small supply of what I still use. If there is an
emergency, I have a few 8" diskettes.
Realize for RX50 diskettes, you only need DSDD 360 KByte floppies
and a PC with an HD 5 1/4" floppy drive and a program called PUTR.
You MUST not use the HD 5 1/4" floppy in an RX50 drive
since it is not the same as the DSDD 360 KByte media - the HDs have
double the magnetic strength.
If you can't get any DSDD floppies, the source I just received some from
should be happy if we shared the profit and we each got 1 cent each
($ US 0.50 per bulk pack of 25) which would cost more to ship and
not worth while. Now if you can't FORMAT your DSDD 360 KByte
floppies, I would be unhappy to need to spend the time, but I will consider
producing a 25 pack for a dollar each. I am not set up to ship them, so
please don't ask unless this is an emergency. Compaq may still sell the
RX50s at about a dollar each. I remember when DEC used to gouge
at these same prices (as imation) and how annoyed I was. Hopefully
Compaq still has some RX50 media left. Even more hopefully, you
can find some DSDD 360 KByte floppies and FORMAT them
yourself! For PUTR, try:
http://www.dbit.com/pub/putr/
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
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