> On Mar 9, 2023, at 11:34 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 
> wrote:
> 
>> On 3/9/23 18:40, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
>>> I wonder how much challenge would be involved in making artisan batches of
>>> 5.25" or 8" floppy disks using cobbled-together or homemade equipment?
> 
> On Thu, 9 Mar 2023, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
>> Many folks have turned to emulators, abandoning the spinning rust
>> altogether.
>> 
>> The mylar substrate would probably be the easiest.  I don't know if
>> anyone's still making audio tape, but the coating equipment might be the
>> same.   I don't know how to find the proper stuff for the goo, however.
>> 
>> Certainly it's doable, but I wonder about the market...
> 
> I doubt that there is any market segment with deep pockets, with a "need" 
> other than nostalgia.

There's an old saying that the perfect business to be in is one large enough 
for one vendor, too small for two.  It certainly would be conceivable for 
somoene to buy up the business when the current owner retires, if there's 
reason to believe there is enough revenue to keep one or two people happy.  
It's no different from the thousands or perhaps millions of small manufacturing 
businesses.  Curiously enough, some of these close down when the owner retires 
without an apparent effort to find a buyer -- I remember a local tote bag 
company, or for that matter the much lamented Lindsay Publications.

For a nice example of a small business in our subject area, consider Ersatz-11.

        paul

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