Reliable 3.5" DSHD diskettes

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Joe R. wrote:
> At 10:45 PM 11/6/05 +0000, you wrote:
> 
>>>I've noticed that what passes for 3.5" blank media nowadays is downright
>>
>>This is a common moan here. I've noticed it too -- as I am fond of 
>>pointing out, about 20 years ago I bought some 5.25" disks for my TRS-80 
>>model 1. THose disks cost me (then) \pounds 3.00 each, and my Model 1 
>>stored 88K on them (single sided, 35 cylinders, single density).
>>
>>Thing is, those disks are still readable. I wish I could pay that sort of 
>>price _now_ for a 3.5" disk and get something that I could read back 
>>again in <n> years time. My data is worth a lot more than that.
>>
>>(Oh and don't tell me to use CD-Rs or DVDs, or whatever. I've yet to find 
>>such devives with an HPIL interface (for example)).
> 
> 
>    Hmmm. I have a couple of HP-IB MO drives and a HP-IL to HP-IB converter.
> I wonder???

Also, I know for a fact that there are HP-IB CD-ROM drives because I 
have one.

Peace...  Sridhar