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In article <1998Sep11.203439.17347@decus>,
PDP-11 Trainee Guru <geremin@decus.org.au> wrote:
>Hi All - I want to get some 5.25" floppies.
>
>At this stage two types are required but I will take whatever 
>I can get and stock up for the future.
>
>I need 5.25" HD to suit PC systems - I will even pay for unused ones.
>
>I need 5.25" SSQD to suit DEC systems - I will even pay for unused ones.
>
>For DEC users they are RX33 and RX50 types.

It's not clear whether you are talking about media or the drives, but:

1.  If you want the media, it's all still readily available here in
North America.  DECDirect is selling RX50K's at US$9 for a box of
ten, easily the cheapest price in all of history.  Finding the HD media
is not difficult at all.

2.  If you are looking for drives, I heartily recommend the advice given
in Terry Kennedy's collection THIRD-PARTY-DISKS.TXT, available by
anonymous ftp from ftp.spc.edu.  Lots of useful information on how
to use industry-standard drives in DEC machines.

>I guess I should also offer to take any 8" floppies as well.

Again, readily available in North America.  The best-stocked place
is California Digital (http://www.cadigital.com), which sells both
new media and NOS drives.

Tim. (shoppa@triumf.ca)