[OZAPRS] Floppy disks !!!

stevez at tpg.com.au stevez at tpg.com.au
Mon Apr 6 20:43:35 EST 2009


As a keen 8-bit computer collector, I have a need for 5 1/4" disks all
the time. I'm running low on those now! 
I haven't had any problems getting 3 1/5" floppies so far, but it seems
from your experiences that the writing is on the wall!

Steve.

 

Quoting Tony Hunt <wavetel at internode.on.net>:

> I know its off the topic here but I know many of us run older legacy
> machines from time to time and I thought you may find this
> interesting.
> 
> Just tried to go and buy some floppy disks today. What a joke. You
> cant get
> them any more. Yep I am serious. The larger stationary stores and
> super
> markets just laugh at you if you want those things. They asked me if
> my
> machine had a USB port and wondered why on earth I wasnt using that
> with a
> USB stick.. Well I am but I still have lots of floppies and even a
> external
> USB floppy drive.
> 
> I did find some new 1.44 floppies in the end at the local post
> office. The
> branding is a bit odd and unknown but thats about all you can get.
> Interestingly the post office have no intention of restocking once
> the
> current stocks are gone..
> 
> It looks like 1.44 Floppies are nearly history. So if they mean
> anything to
> you you better track some stocks down. It does not seem like that
> long ago
> we booted off these floppies. Come to think of it I still do
> sometimes. They
> are real handy boot devices , Ive got a few different versions and
> configs.
> 
> The supermarkets etc have all sorts and sizes in DVDs and CDs. I
> guess next
> thing will be that you cant get blank CD-Rs ..  Somebody must still
> be
> making 1.44 Floppies...
> 
> Heck Ive still got some 5.25 inch double sided floppies somewhere and
> an old
> 8 inch that has a 150k capacity.. I wont even ask for some of those
> in a
> shop.
> 
> Tony Hunt  VK5AH
> 
> 
> 
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