360K drives - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

30 Oct 2002

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  From: DAVID L. ORMAND &lt;dlormand(a)aztec.asu.edu&gt;

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  I'm trying to help some guys outfit TI-99/4As with
360K
 drives.  A year or so ago, they were still available from
 some of the surplus dealers I know about, but they seem
 to have disappeared.
 Does anyone have a line on supplies of 360K drives?  The
 only ones I find via web search are $25, which seems a
 bit much for a once-ubiquitous drive that is now a little
 obsolete. 
I've been picking them up on eBay, often in never-been-used condition, for
$10 - $12 including shipping.  I've also found some in junk systems at
thrift stores.  They are not as easy to find (at least in my neck of the
woods) as they were a couple of years ago, but the high-density "1.2 MB"
drives seem to be everywhere (including my shop -- I've got almost 50 of
them here!).
Glen
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