FYI: MEI/Microcenter is out of 5-1/4" diskettes

From: John R. Keys Jr. <jrkeys_at_concentric.net>
Date: Sat Jan 23 21:14:06 1999

I just purchased a new box of 3.5 SS 3M diskettes for $2 at a thrift here
and they had many boxes of 3.5's (SS,DS,HD) and 51/4's (DD and HD). The 51/4
are $1 for a box of ten all were new. John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu
> [mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Mark
> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 1999 9:35 AM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Re: FYI: MEI/Microcenter is out of 5-1/4" diskettes
>
>
> On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 Tony Duell wrote:
> >Ouch!. 8" disks are difficult to find, 5.25" disks are difficult to find
> >(what about 1.2 Mbyte ones - are they still available?), 3" disks are
> >impossible to find. I'd better start hoarding them...
>
> You can still buy 8", 5.25" HD and 3" disks. Trouble is, they may
> be *Really*
> expensive; I noticed on the Imation web site a couple of months
> ago that (from
> memory) a box of 8" disks was over US$100.
>
> 3" disks are still available new from at least one place in the
> UK, though they
> are over 2 pounds each.
>
>
> -- Mark
>
>
Received on Sat Jan 23 1999 - 21:14:06 GMT