Trenton Computer Festival

From: TeoZ <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Tue May 6 16:03:01 2003

I got 500 new unused 5.25 DSDD floppies on ebay a year ago for $20+ shipping
I think Only problem was they were green and without sleeves. There are
usually 50 pack bundles sold on there.

They come in handy on my c64/c128 (I ahve a metal punch to use both sides)

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Holland" <dholland_at_woh.rr.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: Trenton Computer Festival


> On Tue, 6 May 2003, TeoZ wrote:
>
> > I seen that before, $100 is alot more then $50. I want the scsi card
because
> > I already have a syquest 44 5.25 removable "harddrive" that would be
perfect
> > for that system. SCSI is alot more flexible then having a HD or flash
card
> > on a card system.
> >
>
> True, it isn't cheap.
>
> However, unfortunately, I've yet to find a SCSI card for a A2 of any sort
> and I wanted some sort of mass storage.
>
> CF does have the advantage of no moving parts. And is easier
> to find than "small" IDE/SCSI drives.
>
> CF will also probably still be here in 5 years when I (finally) get
> to the A2 on the "Nostalgic list of things to do" :-)
>
> David
>
> PS: Anyone know where one can still pick up 5 1/4" DSDD floppy
> disks commercially? I've not been able to find any, albeit I've
> not looked super hard yet either.. Hmmm, mebbe Mendelsons, not tried
> there yet.
Received on Tue May 06 2003 - 16:03:01 BST