360K drives

From: Glen Goodwin <acme_ent_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed Oct 30 18:19:00 2002

> From: DAVID L. ORMAND <dlormand_at_aztec.asu.edu>

> I'm trying to help some guys outfit TI-99/4As with 360K
> drives. A year or so ago, they were still available from
> some of the surplus dealers I know about, but they seem
> to have disappeared.
>
> Does anyone have a line on supplies of 360K drives? The
> only ones I find via web search are $25, which seems a
> bit much for a once-ubiquitous drive that is now a little
> obsolete.

I've been picking them up on eBay, often in never-been-used condition, for
$10 - $12 including shipping. I've also found some in junk systems at
thrift stores. They are not as easy to find (at least in my neck of the
woods) as they were a couple of years ago, but the high-density "1.2 MB"
drives seem to be everywhere (including my shop -- I've got almost 50 of
them here!).

Glen
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