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Re: For Sale 5.25 360K Floppy Disk Drive

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From: Pippopottamus Pipposterous
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:00
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Aaron 'dremu' Shephard wrote:
> 
> In ba.market.computers Kevin@Computer.com wrote:
> : They have boats in Redwood City?  Or does this have something to do with
> : the RC POP?   -Kevin
> 
> : In ba.market.computers Wayne <Wayne3@gte.net> wrote:
> :   > You should hang on to it  - - - - - I heard that they`re coming back:
> :   > as anchors for RC boats.
> 
> That would be Radio Control boats. Also good for holding light doors open,
> throwing at your neighbor when he's drunk, and disassembling for stepper
> motors and opto-electronics for robots.
> 
> Not good for booting XT's, that's what steel toe boots are for.
> --
>             dremu@slosh.com - Doctor Emu - http://www.slosh.com
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> his (Natasha) '88 Pulsar NX/XE (SportBak)    Life is a journey. Enjoy the ride.
> hers (Sabrina) '92 Saturn SL2 (spoiler+sunroof)    ... a different kind of car.
> theirs (Tank Grrl) '74 K5 Blazer (full convertible)       Heartbeat of America.
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Y'know.  I tried that... using it as an anchor for my R/C Battleship....
each time I'd startit up across the local body of water,  it would go a
few feet,  stop and shudder and my contol panel screen would say, 
"drive not ready....".  

Not even good for that!
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From: Pippopottamus Pipposterous <"mandolin"@mindless.nospam,com>
Subject: Re: For Sale 5.25 360K Floppy Disk Drive
Date: 1998/04/22
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