Subj : Re: floppy disks
To   : boraxman
From : Ed Vance
Date : Wed May 14 2025 11:42 am



> Wow...  I've still got a LOT of disks, mostly 1.44M, but some 1.2M and a
> couple of disk boxes of 360K floppies from when I had an XT.  The 1.44M disks
> are kind of dying, but the 5 1/4 inch disks, mostly holding up well, despite
> being 30+ years old.

> Would be good if you could still buy new disks and drives, just for the
> thrill of it.

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When I got a HP pc with XP OS on it there wasn't a 3.5" FDD in it so I went to
Radio Shack and bought a MAD DOG Multimedia USB 3.5" FDD so I could put  DOS
files I was familiar with on the XP box from the 486box I had been using.
Ed
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