Hi John!
Thanks for the reply. I've been a bit busy but yes I would love to
replace this drive and be able to read these 400k RX50 floppies.
If you have a pair of the Teac type drives that will work in a PC-AT
type system I'd be happy to pay for shipping and whatnot via Paypal.
Given the number of Pro/350 install floppies I'd like to image I might
want to have a spare.
Just drop me an amount off-list, and thank you for the help!
Chris
On 3/28/2023 5:12 PM, John Maxwell via cctalk 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
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From: Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, 26 February, 2023 19:42
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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)
