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From: ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 2.88 Mb floppy drives for PC
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.163955.20140@d.cs.okstate.edu>
Date: 18 Jun 91 16:39:55 GMT
References: <1991Jun16.232753.27867@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
Organization: Oklahoma State University
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From article <1991Jun16.232753.27867@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>, by hpa@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin):
> In article <2002@ole.UUCP> of comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,
>   ray@ole.UUCP (Ray Berry) writes:
>> 
>> 	Can't help on the hardware, but I'll warn you that I saw an article
>> qouting prices for 2.88 MB media that were *very* high- looks like a replay
>> of the scenario we had when 1.44 3 1/2" drives came out- blank floppies were
>> going for $5-6 *each*.
> 
> Of course: currently only brand name diskettes are available, and since
> only NeXT and a few similar system have been using them so far, it has not
> been a mass market.  The University store sells them for $29 in 5-pack, I
> think.  But prices will drop, and if I am getting a new 3.5" drive anyway I
> want to avoid getting one that will become obsolete.

I doubt the 2.8MB will become a standard anywhere close to 1.44MB now
due to the lack of a single major move (IBM adopting 1.44MB for its PS/2's)
towards that direction.  Besides, most PC users IME (in my estimation) 
still does not have 1.44MB.