Who the heck buys 5.25" floppies?

[Amiduffer]

I was browsing through Jens website and came across his retro area, which featured the sale of 5.25" floppy disks. Anyone still use those??

[ChaosLord]

C64 Users?

[A6000]

I recently stocked up on both 5 1/4"dd and 5 1/4"hd floppies so I have enough for my other retro computers, I have Nascom 1's and 2's, a trs80 model 4 and I am considering  building a Nascom CP/M system which might use 8", 5 1/4" and 3 1/2" drives, I have an 8" drive but no disks yet, I also have Amstrad cpc's and plus's with 3" disks.
I have a bare 8" Winchester drive that has a capacity of 8MB, but it is not worth trying to do anything with it.

[runequester]

theres a place in california that sells those, as well as 3.5" ones. According to their website there's a fair share of industrial equipment out there that might take instructions on a 5.25" floppy

[Retro_71]

I still use them bought 100 new one about 2 weeks ago. (C64/128 and Apples... )

[A1260]

i dont need to buy any since i stocked up years ago with 5.25" floppies.. but its still good to see you can buy this old media. 5.25" floppies for the c64 and my old pc

[yakumo9275]

I was browsing through Jens website and came across his retro area, which featured the sale of 5.25" floppy disks. Anyone still use those??

for my c128dcr

[icbrkr]

I still buy them... for my C64s, 128s, Color Computer 3, Model 4P, Apple IIgs/c, Atari 8 bits, Vic 20, Plus/4, C16/116, and loads more.  

Luckily though I bought a bulk of them a couple of years back and still haven't gone through them all.

[Lando]

I used to use them on my Atari 8-bit but not for years since SD cards became usable.  These fragile, unreliable magnetic storage media should be relegated to the dustbin.

[save2600]

Nothing strange about using 5-1/4" floppies still. I use them with my TRS-80 Model III and C64. Then again, 78's, LP's, 45's, cassettes and 8-Tracks are all frequently used at my place  

[Iggy]

I might, I've got a 360k drive somewhere and they're no longer making this media. In fact, we better get ready for 1.44s to be phased out.

[redrumloa]

Anyone still use those??

Yes.

[AmigaEd]

In many ways I liked the 5.25" floppies better than the 3.5" floppies.

A friend once accidentally knocked a glass of coca-cola over and it spilled all over his favorite C-64 game disk (sorry it's been too many years, I can't seem to remember which game). Anyway, he slit the 5.25" disk jacket open with a razor blade, pulled the media out and rinsed the media off under the faucet. He then took a new blank 5.25" disk and slit the jacket open on that and pulled the media out. Next he took the washed and dried media and inserted it in to the new jacket. A little cellophane tape to seal the jacket back up and he was gaming again.

(This is also a good example of why you should always have a back-up.)

Regards,
AmigaEd

[Jiffy]

Anyone still use those??

Yep. Overhere, on my C64, SX64 and C128(Dcr). I guess I have about a 1000 of them.

For me, it's part of the retro experience. And yes, I also have SD cards and stuff, but the good old 5.25" are still fun to use. I even like the sound of the drives.

[Pentad]

I think folks who are buying them up are very smart.  At some point they will start to dwindle and the prices will soar so you might as well purchase now while you can.  :-)