New (sic) 8" floppy media?

From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
Date: Thu Jan 29 16:59:52 2004

So, what's the story with current-use 8" flop media? My brother Gregg
got my old CP/M system running, novelty is wearing off and is willing to
part with it now :-) It's a homemade box, I forget what's in it, though
I do remember it's got a Cromemco 4FDC with a data separator piggyback
board from a Trash 1 living under the WD17xx chip (the Pertecs the 4FDC
was meant for had data sep on-board). Two Shugart drives with solidstte
relays to shut 'em off after inactivity, which is just as well, as the
bearings now howl like crazed tiny animals.

I have one sealed box of Dysans (list price: $65. My price: $2 from a
stationary store in Tucson AZ closing in 1998. Wish I had bought 'em
all.). How does this stuff hold up? I assume no one actually makes them
anymore!
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