Emax

Does anyone have a source for the 800K floppy disks that the Emax SE
requires? I need to buy 100 or so of those.

Chris

Try Quill  office catolog, or www.quill.com.  I bought some there a few
months back.  I

Brad

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris M [mailto:chrism@...]
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 8:27 AM
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [emax] 800K Floppy Disks



  Does anyone have a source for the 800K floppy disks that the Emax SE
  requires? I need to buy 100 or so of those.

  Chris


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I got about 100 for $10 from a yahoo store....check the analog heaven
archives (http://www.midiwall.com/archives/ah) for the url.  I think that's
where I found out about it.

stavros

on 7/20/03 10:44 AM, InTune@... at intune@...
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> Try Quill  office catolog, or www.quill.com.  I bought some there a few
> months back.  I
> 
> Brad
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> From: Chris M [mailto:chrism@...]
> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 8:27 AM
> To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [emax] 800K Floppy Disks
> 
> 
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> Does anyone have a source for the 800K floppy disks that the Emax SE
> requires? I need to buy 100 or so of those.
> 
> Chris
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I did a yahoo search...

$40 for 100 http://www.heavymotors.com/disks.htm

$10 for 100 http://www.ezlabel.com/500pcsflopdi.html

$10 for 100 http://www.meritline.com/500pcsflopdi.html
(note: seems to be same company as above with
different name on web site?)

(same guys again? Maybe they just use the same add
template...)
http://www.cdrdvdrmedia.com/500pcsflopdi.html

price on request
http://www.athana.com/html/diskette.html

$31 for 100
http://www.dartek.com/ItemDetails/index.cfm?CMP=OT16170&OSC=667&ItemNo=3242-13407

There are lots more vendors if you want to do your own
search.

FYI...A High Density disk can be formatted in a PC as
Double Density if you cover the hole on the left with
tape. 
This should probably only be used in emergencies as a
temporary measure, as it is said that Double Density
drives write to the disks with less electomagnetic
energy than High Density drives. Thusly, even though
the HD disk (which is said to require a stonger
magnetic field to be properly written to, than a DD
disk drive supplies) may appear to work for the time
being after being written to by a DD drive...it will
be unstable and lose data sooner than if you had used
an actual DD disk.

However,(here's where once again I'll probaly get
blasted by some group members) I have HD disks that
have been formatted a DD, and 15 years later they are
still good! Although, some people stongly advise
against using HD disks as DD, I in all practical
purposes I have not experienced the failure that is
said to occur. That doesn't mean that you won't, just
that I have not. I have seen no data of failure rates
or longevity of such disks compared to the real thing,
or HD disks formated as HD compared to DD disks
formatted as DD (if someone has actual data on failure
rates, please post it).

Additionally, it is probably a good idea when buying
your DD disks to find out when they were made and that
they are new as possible...they may have been sitting
around for 5, 10, 15, 20 years. Is a DD disk that was
on the shelf for 15 years more/less stable than a new
HD floppy formatted as DD? Who knows...but you
probably don't want it if you can get a new one.

I'd advise getting new DD disks even if it costs you
more money, and no matter what format you chose to
store your data, always make backup copies and store
them properly and safely.

Bob 




--- Chris M <chrism@...> wrote:
> Does anyone have a source for the 800K floppy disks
> that the Emax SE
> requires? I need to buy 100 or so of those.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 


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