Ideal modern 5.25 floppy disk and 3.5 floppy disk storage?
jeremym
1000 3.5 Amiga disks.)
I'm looking to replace the shoeboxes I'm currently storing them in
with something modern and flexible, and hopefully, inexpensive.
Anyone have any ideas on how to store these puppies in the modern age?
Thanks in advance.
-Jeremy M.
D Finnigan
> Anyone have any ideas on how to store these puppies in the modern age?
>
I use disk boxes bought from thrift stores.
Geo3
Yes, if you can find them the Black/Gray made by Posso drawers are
great for storying disks. That is the rectangular 3.5 or the long
squarish one for the 5.25s. Should be able to hold around 200 disks
each with no problem. They also stack quite nicely. But after about 8
high the bottom ones can be hard to open do to the weight of the seven
or more on top of it.
The Pengo is another one that has a frosted clear front and platinum
body. These also hold about the same. They are made for 3.5 disks and
for 5.25 disks. These are cheaper. They can be stacked higher. But the
sliding drawer can not be removed when filled with disks. Even empty
it is very hard to get it out. Kind of hard to get to the disks in the
back with out taking out the disks in the front.
You can find them at the second shops from time to time.
Take Care
a...@a2.a2
>Anyone have any ideas on how to store these puppies in the modern age?
I sent you an email but your spamfest software chewed it up.
Michael Black
I'd go with garage sales and such for the 5.25" boxes. I do see them,
and if I could figure out a need for them, I'd have bought them.
I have some, from when those floppies were in their prime, but for a lot
of my 5.25" disks, I just kept them in the boxes that the blank floppies
came in. Not good for constant use, but fine for archival storage. Even
when I used them regularly, I never used more than a relative few on
a regular basis.
For 3.5", one tip I picked up in one of the magazines decades ago was to
use boxes sold for 4" by 6" index cards. The floppies fit fine, though
some of the file boxes are better than others for such purposes. They
were cheap, they stacked well, yet stayed closed. For floppies that
you are using a lot, you can remove the top by cutting the plastic
"hinge", making it easy to go through the floppies and pull the needed
one out.
Of course, in the days of the 3.5" floppies, I was buying them in
larger amounts than the packs of ten that I tended to buy 5.25" floppies,
so the boxes the 3.5" floppies were even better for archiving than
the 5.25" boxes, since I could store more. The last two times I bought
blank floppies, they came in platic boxes that were intended for more
permanent storage.
Michael
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datawiz
sterilite "show-off" containers at Walmart.
http://www.amazon.com/Sterilite-Corp-18944306-Storage-Container/dp/B000VBI9ZQ
They're cheap, they stack on top of each other, and they fit 5.25"
disks. I separate them out by type (Apple Utilities, Apple Games etc.)
and label them, and they live happily all stacked together in my
storage room until they're needed.
AppleCPM
On Mar 20, 9:19 am, datawiz <rich.mar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've got several hundred 5.25" and 3.5" disks and I bought a bunch of
> sterilite "show-off" containers at Walmart.http://www.amazon.com/Sterilite-Corp-18944306-Storage-Container/dp/B0...
>
> They're cheap, they stack on top of each other, and they fit 5.25"
> disks. I separate them out by type (Apple Utilities, Apple Games etc.)
> and label them, and they live happily all stacked together in my
> storage room until they're needed.
Best deal?:
>http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-ShowOffs-Storage-Containers-Dark-Sahara-Set-of-6/13220027
Willi
AppleCPM
On Mar 20, 9:19 am, Rich wrote:
> I've got several hundred 5.25" and 3.5" disks and I bought a bunch of
> sterilite "show-off" containers at Walmart.http://www.amazon.com/Sterilite-Corp-18944306-Storage-Container/dp/B0...
> They're cheap, they stack on top of each other, and they fit 5.25"
> disks. I separate them out by type (Apple Utilities, Apple Games etc.)
> and label them, and they live happily all stacked together in my
> storage room until they're needed.
WARNING: Do not overload these Sterilite containers. I bought a
bunch. This morning I noticed that they're a good size for holding
3.5 in SCSI drives so I filled one with SCSI drives to move them to
where I could test them. As I was walking down the hall the side of
the container just cracked, causing the top to come off and dumping
all the drives on the floor.
Willi
sfahey
Re: Re: Ideal modern 5.25 floppy disk and 3.5 floppy disk storage?
By: AppleCPM to comp.sys.apple2 on Fri Apr 30 2010 06:07 am
> the container just cracked, causing the top to come off and dumping
> all the drives on the floor.
Not your typical hard drive crash... thanks for the heads up.
Sean Fahey
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A2Aviator
to actually using that handle.
The containers are of a nice size, but never carry stuff like this
that does not have a snap up and over latch. by any handles. Use two
hands. Thats just like people who pick up laptops by one lower corner
and then a year or so down the line have weird problems with them.
Lots of torque in all the wrong places.
Figure that the handle is there as a nice way to slide it on a
surface, or such. Unless it's full of socks, forget lifting it.
There's lots of nice, convenient containers out there for our hobby,
but I find the best are cardboard boxes because you are forced to use
two hands to move them. Not invited to get stung by them dumping your
loot onto the floor..