jdgabbard Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Where is the best place to pick up Floppys? Is there any place in particular you like for a specific reason? I see them on eBay, also floppydisks.com. Where else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 (edited) I got a couple boxes of new sealed old stock DDSD off eBay a few years ago and they have been spot on perfect ... They are verbatim so not a crap brand to start with (we seemed to always use them or Memorex back in the day) I only use them on my Apple //c so a couple boxes goes a long way when a few constantly get rewritten with whatever disk image tickles my fancy that day Edited May 1, 2016 by Osgeld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgabbard Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 Yeah, it seems like deals can be found on eBay where 5.25s are concerned. I like the idea of floppydisks.com, they apparently check the disks fairly well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertB Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 http://athana.com/html/diskette.html Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm July 30-31 Commodore Vegas Expo v12 - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgabbard Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 http://athana.com/html/diskette.html Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm July 30-31 Commodore Vegas Expo v12 - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex Seems like this has several options. But I instantly disregard a website without listed prices. It's 2016, those 'contact us for pricing' gimmicks don't get me anymore. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 http://floppydisk.com/ ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I like that unformatted floppies are 10$ cheaper I guess for someone in the US, those floppies are a cheap option. 50 HD floppies for 30$ is rather decent. (tho you have to add 10 bucks for the sleeves... sneaky.) Else, eBay local ads. My father asaid that his company, about 6 years back, emptied full racks of 5"25 and 3"1/4 floppies. Directly in the dumpsters. He saved me a box od 5"25 but if he had knew I would have liked to get more... Ah well, that's life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 CatPix: 3.5" surely? :-) While there once was a short lived 3.25" flexible floppy disk format (as well as the 3" ones used by Amstrad and others), I would not imagine his company had racks of 3.25" media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Yha, stupid inches, I'm never sure it that's .5 or 1/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgabbard Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 http://floppydisk.com/ ?? Yeah, that's the one I was referencing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Yeah, that's the one I was referencing. I had to scroll back to see that but, yeah, I understand them to be very reputable. I think I will order my next batch from there. I have been snagging boxes of 10 from eBay but finding a growing failure rate. I have 10 yellow and 10 orange I picked up about a year ago which are all bad. Time makes fools of us all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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