[Hidden-tech] More packrat stuff... files off an ms-dos system?

ussailis at shaysnet.com ussailis at shaysnet.com
Thu Jun 12 10:15:17 EDT 2008


Moons ago (perhaps in '97) I acquired a box of 500 1.44 floppies with AOL
V2.5, for $10. Almost gone now. Yet, I still recycle them, even using one
Monday for a spread-sheet back-up.

I believe that 1.44 floppies will work just fine in a 720K drive. And
perhaps the other way around. There was a lot of BS during the "floppy
wars" about this. One of the improvements had to do with the precision with
which the lead screw in the drive was made, and had nothing to do with the
media at all. 


Jim Ussailis

Original Message:
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From: Ron Miller ronsmiller at comcast.net
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:15:02 -0400
To: ussailis at shaysnet.com, jwerner at jwdp.com, bklee at azurelink.com,
hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net, all at pinehurstpictures.com
Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] More packrat stuff... files off an ms-dos system?


I have a huge box full of 3.5 floppies too. I just checked on ebay  
and you get a 1000 brand new 1.44 MB 3.5 inch floppies in 10-packs  
for $50 for the whole lot. The 720K are rarer, but you can still get  
a 10 pack for $10.

Ron

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On Jun 11, 2008, at 3:59 PM, Rikk Desgres wrote:

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> $200 each?????? I must have a closet full. I wonder how much they  
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> used? I'd take $50 :-0
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>> 720K floppies (the old 'double density,' 3 1/2") are very  
>> expensive. My son
>> needed one for his job a couple years ago. They bought two at $200 
>> + each.
>> One worked.
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