That doesn't surprise me TOO much. For some reason I recall 5.25" being a common thing in industrial systems. And said systems have a very, VERY, long replacement time.
That doesn't surprise me TOO much. For some reason I recall 5.25" being a common thing in industrial
it's basically the same as old console cartridges/discs; they go for insane prices because there's no way to play these on newer systems outside of just emulating. Nintendo is the biggest perpetrator of this, not even releasing most of these games for their later generations and getting mad that you choose to emulate a game they for some reason refuse to sell despite them having rabidly loyal fans WILLING to pay full game prices for re-releases.
it's basically the same as old console cartridges/discs; they go for insane prices because there's n
Nonono, I didn't mean disks with programs or games on them.
I meant blank diskettes. 2.88MB ED floppies with nothing on them are running fifty bucks, used. I could get the drive for less. (Seriously, $30 for the drive.)
Very few were made and there's not much that really needs them, but for those few things, they REALLY need them.
Nonono, I didn't mean disks with programs or games on them. I meant blank diskettes. 2.88MB ED flop
Oh yeah no I completely understood that! I just meant that old formats no longer being produced and all that or at least not in a capacity that would allow for prices to be... tolerable. Floppies I think are still produced in very small quantities if at all but because they're so niche it's just insanely expensive.
Oh yeah no I completely understood that! I just meant that old formats no longer being produced and
Of Extended Density 2.88 MB floppies, not High Density 1.44 MB? The only things that really used them were IBM PS/2s and NeXTStations. And Amigas owned by extra-weird Amigans.
If they're really 2.88s, flip 'em on ebay. :D
Of Extended Density 2.88 MB floppies, not High Density 1.44 MB? The only things that really used the
