Didn't realize 5 1/4" DD were getting hard to find. I threw out about 25k a couple of months ago.
If you need some, let me know. I'm sure there are more here, somewhere...?
Steve Robertson - <steverob_at_hotoffice.com>
-----Original Message-----
From: James L. Rice [SMTP:jrice_at_texoma.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 11:38 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: FYI: MEI/Microcenter is out of 5-1/4" diskettes
My Amigas and my classic Macs as well as several Tandy's use the DD
disks, so i buy all I can find. I've bought a lot recently at
consignment store for about $1-2 for a box of 10. I think I have about
2k in stock now.
James
"Zane H. Healy" wrote:
>
> >I have been stocking up for the past three years. I have about 10k
> >stored. Also 720k disks are not as easy to find anymore, so I've been
> >gather a supply of those also. For my NeXT I scored a few boxes of
> >2.88's recently.
>
> As I understand it the Amiga software industry is in a bit of a crisis at
> the moment because 3.5" DD floppies are no longer being made. Well,
> they're also in a bit of a crisis thanks to the idiots running Amiga, Inc.
> killing the market last spring when it will be quite a while before the new
> Amiga is ready to ship.
>
> Zane
>
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