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Wanted - Box for 5.25" disks

Postby Futureman » Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:31 pm

Yep, thats right... I need one or more of those large long plastic boxes that hold 5.25" floppies.

Not the normal smaller boxes that hold 10 or more, but the index style ones that hold 50 or more with the clear top lid.. some of them generally have a lock too.

It's the kinda thing that you might find on the side of the road etc, but as per usual, when you want a old bit of crap, you can't find it.

What for? I need a nice way of storing my disks for my Emulator I & II.

I live in Sydney.

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Postby Roy » Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:39 pm

Wow man! I reckon there's a lot of people these days that have never heard of 5.25" disks. Hehehe.
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Postby Jed » Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:39 pm

Roy wrote:Wow man! I reckon there's a lot of people these days that have never heard of 5.25" disks. Hehehe.


Some of us can remember 8" ones... erk.
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Postby walding » Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:56 pm

Jed wrote:
Roy wrote:Wow man! I reckon there's a lot of people these days that have never heard of 5.25" disks. Hehehe.


Some of us can remember 8" ones... erk.


My god that takes me back YEECH.
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Postby chris p » Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:38 am

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Postby Aearth » Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:33 am

Wouldn't a box for CD jewel cases work for you? I have some of those old box for floppies, I fill them with CD's.

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Postby Futureman » Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:53 am

Aearth wrote:Wouldn't a box for CD jewel cases work for you? I have some of those old box for floppies, I fill them with CD's.
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Not a bad idea... I'll keep my eyes out for something that might work like that..

A floppy in it's sleeve is a few mm wider, and about 10mm higher.. so should be good.

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Postby Aearth » Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:09 pm

Futureman wrote:
Aearth wrote:Wouldn't a box for CD jewel cases work for you? I have some of those old box for floppies, I fill them with CD's.
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Not a bad idea... I'll keep my eyes out for something that might work like that..

A floppy in it's sleeve is a few mm wider, and about 10mm higher.. so should be good.

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Mike, if you get me some hard cases for CD (in covers) i'll swap you for a proper 5.25 box. I have 1 x small one and 2 x big ones, i'll up load some pics.
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