On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 12:16 PM Mike Katz via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I am looking for one or two 8" floppy drives, preferably Shugart > compatible at a reasonable price. > > Does anyone have anything like this laying around, unused, in their > basement, storage locker, garage, etc. > > I am looking to make a RX01 (and hopefully RX02) disk formatter and copier.
Mike gets first choice, of course, but I'm also looking for something similar, especially since doubled-sided half-height drives (TM848) can become media strippers (two ceramic heads vs one head and a pad). I just need to read single-sided DEC media, so that's fine. I should have all the cables and adapters and such squared away shortly, and I already have a 486 I'm using with ImageDisk, TeleDisk, and PUTR with 5.25" media. 8" is next, especially a large carton of RX01 media. RX02 might have to wait on getting/finding an RXV21 and restoring an RX02 because the format is oddball. I think I have an RXV21 somewhere but I wouldn't have used it in this century. After Mike gets squared away, I'm in for a SS FH 8" drive. I'm in Ohio. -ethan
