We have a case or two of 1.2m diskette, we sell by the box or individually at Kennett Classic (kennettclassic.com) not sure how far you are from the MD/PA/DE border Bill
On Wed, Mar 29, 2023, 7:32 AM John Maxwell via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hi Chris, > I had a bunch of 1.2Mb 5-1/4" drives that, unfortunately, may have been > discarded over the past year. I mainly hung on to all of the 360K FDDs that > I came across, which are more difficult to find. I know that I still have > some NOS 1.2Mb units (never been powered up, but also not taken out of > their original plastic bags either.) I bought these new from a local > computer store (still in business, but now doing mostly consulting work, > unfortunately) many years ago (early 2000's) to support some clients that > used them. I have (or had) used, tested 1.2Mb drives also. > > Alas, I am near Buffalo, NY and not too close to MD, but am willing to > pack and ship. I see from the replies that I have read that nobody has > offered drives. If you are still interested, I can look up the models of > the units that I still have and from which I can part. > > Best, > -John > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Sent: Sunday, 26 February, 2023 19:42 > To: CCTalk mailing list <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Cc: Chris Zach <c...@beaker.crystel.com> > Subject: [cctalk] Need a 1.2mb 5.25 floppy > > Oi. > > So after finally getting things going I started copying the Pro/380 OS > files to a bunch of 1.2mb floppies. Great. However after a bit I started > getting errors, and found that the disks were getting gouges in the tracks. > Sure enough disassembly of my 1.2mb Teac showed that debris had become > embedded in the disk head and cleaning is not possible. > > Terrific. Tossing the drive, this is not the first time I have had this > problem with these disks so I am dumpstering all of the old floppies and > just bought 40 new ones in sealed boxes. > > However I'm now in need of a 1.2mb floppy drive. Anyone have a good > working spare that I can beg/borrow/buy in the MD area? > > Thanks! > CZ > > (I really should have pitched these disks; they came from a basement with > an oil heater for 20 years and are quite honestly garbage. Only thing worse > were disks from Solarex which literally had silicon dust on them that > chewed any drive. Oh well, live and learn) >
