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Article #14Re: Recycled diskettes INFO requested
From: Rene Magritte
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 06:55
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 06:55
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gordons@coopsol.com (Gordon Storga) writes: ><1992Nov2.192552.25629@coopsol.com> gordons@coopsol.com (Gordon Storga) said: >> >>In cleaning up Ye Olde computer room at home I find myself the >>unwilling owner of over 200 5.25" low density (300k) floppies. Some > ^^^^ >That should be "360K". Sorry. >>are unused, most have been used at least once. (Brands include: >>Maxell, Kodak, 3M, Dysan, Fujitsu, and, of source, many generic disks. >>Since I've switched over to high density 5.25 and 3.5 I do not have a >>need for these low density disks. Ideally, I'd like to recycle the >>materials at the least, or donate them to someplace that can make use >>of them. I'd even sell packs of 10 for $5, if I knew there was a >>market. >> >>Does anyone have any suggestions? >> >>Gordon >>email gordons@netcom or gordons@coopsol >>-- >>The opinions expressed are my own, and not the beliefs or opinions >>of whatever company you think I work for. So there, thhhbbbt! >>Message to Kodak: Freedom for Dan Bredy. >-- >The opinions expressed are my own, and not the beliefs or opinions >of whatever company you think I work for. So there, thhhbbbt! >Message to Kodak: Freedom for Dan Bredy. No offense, but $.10 apeice would be a lot more like it. Low density 5.25's just aren't worth much any more. I suggest you aquire the outstanding "800" program, that allows you to cram 800k worth of data onto a 360k disk -- fairly reliably. I havn't had probs, anyway.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!news.u.washington.edu!hardy.u.washington.edu!rene From: rene@hardy.u.washington.edu (Rene Magritte) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Recycled diskettes INFO requested Message-ID: <1992Nov3.065510.24311@u.washington.edu> Date: 3 Nov 92 06:55:10 GMT Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov3.065510.24311 References: <1992Nov2.192552.25629@coopsol.com> <1992Nov2.193057.25705@coopsol.com> Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System) Organization: University of Washington Lines: 38