New DSDD 5.25" floppies?

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Bryan Pope wrote:
> And thusly were the wise words spake by Sridhar Ayengar
>> Bryan Pope wrote:
>>> And thusly were the wise words spake by Zane H. Healy
>>>> Am I correct that the only "new" DSDD 5.25" floppies would be "New Old Stock".
>>>>
>>> No..  http://www.athana.com still sells new 5.25" floppies.  They 
>>> even stock 8" floppies!
>> But when were they manufactured?  I'm reasonably certain there's noone 
>> left making 8" floppy drives today.  Hence, "new old stock".
>>
> 
> According to a posting on the Vintage Computer forum webpage from 
> November of last year at:
> 
> http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?t=5069&highlight=athana&page=3
> 
> This is the response to that question:
> 
>> We do manufactured this products and is made as
>> order comes in , this product is not setting for
>> years on our warehouse
>> We still manufactured 8" Diskettes. Yes, you can
>> pick up your order between 8 AM - 1PM Monday thru
>> Friday

That's fine for the floppies, but I was talking about the drives themselves.

Peace...  Sridhar