[ale] Plagued by stacks of old floppies. I found the cure

Tue Sep 7 16:13:49 EDT 2010

I used to work on a PDP-1140 that was kinda that way.  Huge platters and
perfect for frisbee or making clocks (but too big for skeet shooting --
easy target).  

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From: Charles Shapiro <hooterpincher at gmail.com>
Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] Plagued by stacks of old floppies. I found the cure
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 13:53:49 -0400

Huh.  If they're anything like the old DEC RL02 drives, people used to
take 'em apart and make clocks out of the platters by putting
clockworks in the center.

-- CHS

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Lightner, Jeff <jlightner at water.com> wrote:
> Actually I used to work on the IBM System 34 (which got upgraded to a System
> 36) back in the early 80s.  Not only did it have 8” floppies it had an
> auto-loader that held 10 of them which I thought was uber-cool at the time.
>
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> I wonder what one could make out of the old Datapoint 5 MB disk packs?
>
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> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jim
> Kinney
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> To: rfaulkner at 34thprs.org; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: Re: [ale] Plagued by stacks of old floppies. I found the cure
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> Hmm. so the older the geek, the more "floppy knowledge" they have.
>
> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Richard Faulkner <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org>
> wrote:
>
> 5.25?  How about 8 inchers...now THOSE were floppies!  (Dating myself like
> the legacy hardware I support...)
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lightner, Jeff <jlightner at water.com>
> Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
> Subject: Re: [ale] Plagued by stacks of old floppies. I found the cure
>
> Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 09:18:00 -0400
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> That looks like more of a “case” than a “bag”.  To make a “bag” you’d need
> real “floppies” (i.e. the 5.25 inch kind).
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> From:ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Michael
> Trausch
> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 10:29 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: Re: [ale] Plagued by stacks of old floppies. I found the cure
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>
> Heh.
>
> People come to me all the time with floppy disks that they need data pulled
> from. Usually with files that need to be converted from insanely old
> formats, too. Microsoft Works (3.0 and prior) seem to be popular, I find
> myself every now and again (and at present!) pulling data from old floppy
> disks (often with bad sectors) and also trying to convert it.
>
> I usually then give the floppies back and put the stuff on a Flash drive so
> that they are able to have it in something that today's computers are able
> to read. Ah, ancient data.
>
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> On Sep 6, 2010 12:06 AM, "Joshua" <jrtroberts at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Do you find that when you clean out your closet or your computer dungeon
>> you have to sort through several stacks of useless old floppies? Want
>> to be a walking fashion nerd? Then here is your cure, The floppy disk bag.
>>
>> http://www.instructables.com/id/Floppy-Disk-Bag/
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