[cctalk] Re: 8" floppy diskettes themselves (was: 8" floppy diskette storage cases)

2022-10-16 Thread Kevin Parker via cctalk
tein via cctalk Sent: Saturday, 15 October 2022 06:48 To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Cc: Mike Stein Subject: [cctalk] Re: 8" floppy diskettes themselves (was: 8" floppy diskette storage cases) How much? On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 11:38 PM Kevin Parker via cctalk

[cctalk] Re: 8" floppy diskettes themselves (was: 8" floppy diskette storage cases)

2022-10-14 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
I’ve used a floppies a lot over the years and only real failures i’ve seen are with the case or jacket being cracked or otherwise broken torn. Had a lot of 3 1/2 floppies that wouldn’t write but a reformat fixed that. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 14, 2022, at 15:26, Sellam Abraham via cctalk

[cctalk] Re: 8" floppy diskettes themselves (was: 8" floppy diskette storage cases)

2022-10-14 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
In my experience, floppy disks prove to be very resilient with the specific exception of late 1990s 3.5" floppies, which tend to fail readily. Sellam On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 3:24 PM John Herron via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Just curious but how does one predict if floppys will be

[cctalk] Re: 8" floppy diskettes themselves (was: 8" floppy diskette storage cases)

2022-10-14 Thread John Herron via cctalk
Just curious but how does one predict if floppys will be good when buying old media? Is it just a crap shoop at this point?

[cctalk] Re: 8" floppy diskettes themselves (was: 8" floppy diskette storage cases)

2022-10-14 Thread Mike Stein via cctalk
How much? On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 11:38 PM Kevin Parker via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > A little while ago I bought some new ones from https://www.floppydisk.com/ > > I have no relationship to floppydisk.com > > > Kevin Parker > > -Original Message- > From: Mike Begley via cc

[cctalk] Re: 8" floppy diskettes themselves (was: 8" floppy diskette storage cases)

2022-10-13 Thread Mike Stein via cctalk
I've certainly got some for sale; mostly DS/DD but a few SS/SD as well. Can your drive(s) handle DS/DD disks? m On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 11:12 PM Mike Begley via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > With all the talk about 8" floppy diskette storage cases, I was wondering > if anyone had any

[cctalk] Re: 8" floppy diskettes themselves (was: 8" floppy diskette storage cases)

2022-10-12 Thread Kevin Parker via cctalk
A little while ago I bought some new ones from https://www.floppydisk.com/ I have no relationship to floppydisk.com Kevin Parker -Original Message- From: Mike Begley via cctalk Sent: Thursday, 13 October 2022 14:12 To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Cc: Mike Begley