Double-density floppy availability - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

18 Apr 1997

At 10:18 PM 4/17/97 -0800, you wrote:
...
   While we are
on the subject of disks, I got a bag of 5 1/4" disks from a
 friend, and they are mostly DSHD.  I have been able to format most of them,
 but there are a select few that my Atari SSSD drive will not format. 
Yeah, well, I wouldn't trust the HD ones you did manage to format.
It just isn't worth the risk when double-density floppies are
still readily available.

Are people finding it hard to get double-density floppies?  I have
access to several thousand new-sealed-in-boxes up here.  If you've
been unable to find any, let me know and I'll ship ship out some
boxes.

Tim. (shoppa(a)triumf.ca)

 I will try to find some locally.  I definitely don't need more than a couple
hundred, if that many.  I have some old work of mine that I would hate to
loose.  I have had these disks since the early 80's, and they all seem to be
in perfect condition, but you never know when they will go bad.  
Anyone have any suggestions, of places to go to get boxed SD or DD floppies
in bulk?  I will start looking around, and if I find a place, I will post it.  
Thanks for the advice about the HD floppies being different than DD or SD.
I will definitely reserve those for scratch disks.  That was exactly the
answer I was looking for.  Thanks for the help.
Isaac Davis                
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