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8" and 5.25" Floppy Drive Sales, And Repair

Interesting to see this thread. I have a number of 8" drives for which I'd like to find a good home, and I'd rather not deal with ePay if at all possible. They are 2x Shugart 801's, a half high Tandon 848E, and a Qumetrack 848(?). I might have a second Qumetrack, but I can't seem to locate it at this time. I have no idea about the status of these drives since I haven't tried to use them for years. Is there still a market for 8" stuff? They are extremely heavy, so shipping would be expensive, I fear. Oh, and I also have a couple of enclosures, with built in power supplies - one single drive, and the other 2 drives (side by side). Should all this stuff go to e-waste??

Roger
 
norwestrzh said:
Interesting to see this thread. I have a number of 8" drives for which I'd like to find a good home, and I'd rather not deal with ePay if at all possible. They are 2x Shugart 801's, a half high Tandon 848E, and a Qumetrack 848(?). I might have a second Qumetrack, but I can't seem to locate it at this time. I have no idea about the status of these drives since I haven't tried to use them for years. Is there still a market for 8" stuff? They are extremely heavy, so shipping would be expensive, I fear. Oh, and I also have a couple of enclosures, with built in power supplies - one single drive, and the other 2 drives (side by side). Should all this stuff go to e-waste??

Roger
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Those things should avoid go to e-waste.

While it is true that outside the minicomputer share of retrocomputing 8" are rarely used, it does not mean they should be disposed of. I am proud of having an eight-incher at home plus three additional drives and I am sure a lot of people around would also like to have one, even if it is only for exposition. For instance, we are looking for a drive for our AS/400 C-10, which could be fitted with a 5" 1/4 or an 8" floppy drive unit... the first option could give us interchangeability of data with our System/36 while the second option could give us something similar with our System/23.

Please be patient
 
I'm very interested in a working dual-sided 8" drive, preferentially one that can work on 230VAC 50Hz mains power or DC power. But I can make use of 120VAC 60Hz devices if necessary.
 
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