360K drives

From: Scarletdown <SecretaryBird_at_SoftHome.net>
Date: Wed Oct 30 18:32:00 2002

From: Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd_at_ccp.com>
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Subject: Re: 360K drives
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> "DAVID L. ORMAND" wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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.
>
> yeah, they've been lined up at the landfills of the world I think. I
> was looking a year ago and just gave up. Even the 1.2 meg HD drives
> are giveaway items. Planned obselecence.
>

I know I have at least 1 360K drive that isn't being used, possibly
2. I thought one more was going to become available, until I
discovered last night that Crysta's (IBM 5155) drive controller can't
seem to handle 1.2M drives.

If you are interested, perhaps we can wheel and deal a bit (I'm in
sell mode at this time instead of trading, as I'm still struggling to
refill the coffers.)

It will be real easy for me to test the drive right now, as I am
currently building a 286-based classic gaming system (what I call a
Jackrabbit Model II); so it would be a real simple matter for me to
disconnect the 1.2M drive and hook up the 360K to make sure it works.

If yer interested, send an email my way and we can work something
out.

-- Scarletdown
Received on Wed Oct 30 2002 - 18:32:00 GMT