[PLUG] Any 5-1/4" Floppy Drives Out There?
Richard C. Steffens
rsteff at comcast.net
Fri Oct 26 22:10:41 UTC 2012
On 10/25/2012 05:10 PM, Russell Senior wrote:
>>>>>> "Richard" == Richard C Steffens <rsteff at comcast.net> writes:
> Richard> Does anyone have a 5-1/4" floppy drive they don't want? I
> Richard> tried at Free Geek and learned that they pitch them as soon
> Richard> as they get them.
>
> I have some but I am not anxious to get rid of them. FreeGeek used to
> have them, but I think (at least for a while) they were dismantling
> them for their stepper motors.
>
> Richard> I tried Googling for one. Every site that is listed has
> Richard> 3-1/4" drives, but no 5-1/4" ones.
>
> 3.5-inch were the smaller ones, not 3.25. :-)
Sigh. Yes. Typing and not thinking strikes again.
> All you really need is to get an image of the floppies then? If I get
> it back after you're done, I might be willing to loan one.
Thanks for the offer. I'm taking John up on his offer.
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Regards,
Dick Steffens
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