8 inch floppy drives

From: Jeff Hellige <jhellige_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Mon Nov 5 04:04:23 2001

>On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
>> I've not purchased anything from them since '77, when I bought a couple of
>> "digital" cassette drives from them. Their 8" drive prices are
>>about what the
> > drive prices were back when the technolgy was new and current,
>though the drives
>> may not be.
>
>Erm! The last time that I checked, Dick, admittedly not within a month
>or so, they were asking $99 each for them. That is vastly different
>from the prices of the '70s & '80s!

        Actually most of them are priced at nearly $200 or more.
It's as if they are old stock and they've never changed the price.

        Jeff
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