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

Tue Sep 7 22:54:25 EDT 2010

I have a vague recollection that those RL02 drives were 10 meg drives. 
Those platters were __heavy__. I had the questionable pleasure of running 
the length of Washington-Dulles airport toting one of those things one 
time. 'Bout killed myself, but I made my flight.

On Tue, 7 Sep 2010, Richard Faulkner wrote:

> 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). 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 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 Syst
> em
> > 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
> .
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 12:00 PM
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > 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...)
> >
> >
> > -----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
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Heh.
> >
> > People come to me all the time with floppy disks that they need data pulle
> d
> > 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 s
> o
> > that they are able to have it in something that today's computers are able
> > to read. Ah, ancient data.
> >
> > --
> > Sent from my HTC Dream---Running Froyo!
> > Thanks, @cyanogen!
> >
> > 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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