8" hard sectored floppies

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwight.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Wed Jun 2 19:28:40 2004

>From: "Don Maslin" <donm_at_cts.com>
>
>
>On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Frank Smith wrote:
>
>> --On Wednesday, June 02, 2004 13:22:39 -0400 Damien Cymbal
<d_cymbal_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Are hard sectored 8" floppies of any use to anyone? I've got several boxes
of still shrink-wrapped SSSD hard sector disks. I've sold a couple boxes on
epay, but action on them was lower than I'd imagined. Some folks who resell
alot of 8" floppies
>> > told me "good luck" because hard sectored just don't sell.
>> >
>> > I've seen new soft sectored disks advertised online for fairly hefty prices
(don't know if they are selling at that price or not). What systems made use of
these? Any that I might own or want to own some day that it'd be worth me
holding on to these
>> > if I can't sell them for a price worth it to drive to the post office and
ship them?
>>
>> I'd be willing to buy a box or two of them to use in my Altair floppy drives
if
>> they are 32 sector floppies.
>>
>> Frank
>
>To the best of my knowledge, all 8" hard sectored disk are 32
>sector. The only difference is between the 'normal' hard sector
>arrangement where the sector holes encircle the hub hole, whereas
>the 'Vydec' compatible disks have the sector holes around the
>periphery. They are not common, however.
>
> - don
>

Hi Don
 I'm almost sure I've seen a 16 hard sectored 8 inch disk someplace.
Dwight
Received on Wed Jun 02 2004 - 19:28:40 BST