Case of 100 UNOPENED 3M 5.25" DSDD disks

[Andrew Wiskow]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110179601780

[Andrew Wiskow]

The first box is gone... but I've got another one up for auction now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110181350527

-Andrew

[Andrew Wiskow]

My last case of 100 3M 5.25" disks is now up for auction here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110183209939

-Andrew

[airship]

And now you can get your Jaguar in the garage, right?

[Golan Klinger]

If anyone wants them, I have 20+ cases of new, sealed Maxell 5.25" floppies. A case is 10 boxes of 10 disks so a case is 100 disks. I have more than I think I'm going to need in this lifetime. I am looking for a nice 5.25" disk box though. If anyone has a new (key word) one, let me know please.

[airship]

Golan, I'm using a nice new CD storage box I got at Staples for $10. Fits about 125 floppies just perfectly. Anything that fits CDs in their cases should fit 5.25" floppies in sleeves. (You don't want grooved, though.) It looks like this:



I've found that the thrift stores around here seem to ALWAYS have old 3.5" and 5.25" floppy boxes for sale for a buck or two. They're not new, but if you keep an eye out you can find nice ones from time to time. I also picked up this nearly-new CD storage drawer thingie there for a couple of bucks (new ones are over $20, for some reason). I keep all of my new diskettes in it:



That's just one of the reasons I hit Goodwill almost every Saturday morning. I find a lot of good cables for less than a buck apiece, joysticks and other controllers, PC games, bookcases, various 'bendable' kids' sound toys, old board games, books, etc. I even got an old bakelite dial phone a couple of weeks back for three bucks!  Once I evicted the spider that had set up housekeeping in it and oiled it up a bit, it worked like new.



I've got my eye out now for a cheap little portable color TV for that complete 1982-era Commodore 64 experience, and I want to find a hackable reel-to-reel for an unholy experiment I have in mind involving a disemboweled 1530.

How's THAT for hijacking a thread?

[RobertB]

I even got an old bakelite dial phone a couple of weeks back for three bucks!  Once I evicted the spider that had set up housekeeping in it and oiled it up a bit, it worked like new.

http://www.islandregister.com/phones/500cd.jpg

Too bad the bakelite phone was not a Commodore phone from Canada.  :-)

I've got my eye out now for a cheap little portable color TV for that complete 1982-era Commodore 64 experience...

Still have my 13-inch Sylvania color t.v. from those days... RF inputs and no composite inputs.  But it was wondrous to see the C64 picture in color back then.
:-)

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

[airship]

That little Sylvania color TV sounds EXACTLY like what I'm looking for, Robert.

Before I buy one, I'd better get that RF switch I saw at that electronics surplus house. I've got 5 8-bit Commodores and not a ONE of them had the switch with it!

[Andrew Wiskow]

I'd better get that RF switch I saw at that electronics surplus house. I've got 5 8-bit Commodores and not a ONE of them had the switch with it!

If you can't find one locally, let me know...  I've got a few.  

-Andrew

[airship]

Just ordered one online. But thanks.

[RobertB]

That little Sylvania color TV sounds EXACTLY like what I'm looking for, Robert.

IIRC, the Sylvania was highly-rated by Consumer Reports (a reason why I bought it).  It also had the luxurious wood-grain trim.  ;-)  As an added bonus, when I tried Screen-80 (soft 80-columns for the C64) and Speedscript, I was just able to make out the characters on the t.v. screen... and that was with the RF connection.  :-)

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

[airship]

As we're all aging (gracefully though it may be), Robert, what with the wear and tear the years take on our senses, and as the phosphors in the CRT in your Sylvania also age and fade and smear, I have to ask - are you STILL able to make out those 80 columns?

[RobertB]

...are you STILL able to make out those 80 columns?

Good question!  Can't check it out right now, because I've just driven 4 hours north to go to a concert, and then tomorrow morning I fly down to Burbank (Los Angeles area) to attend a sci-fi convention.

Many years since powering up the Sylvania,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/