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The most beautiful Apple II 5"25 diskette?

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Toinet

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Jul 21, 2011, 3:35:02 PM7/21/11
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Hi There,
From my point of view, this is the most beautiful diskette I've ever
seen. It is located @ http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/public/thegoldenspike.jpeg
(1MB file)

Shall we launch a contest?

Antoine

Alex Lee

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Jul 21, 2011, 7:00:17 PM7/21/11
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Woah. That-is-awesome. It's got my vote for best looking 5.25" floppy.

- Alex

bloomer_au

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Jul 21, 2011, 8:59:08 PM7/21/11
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On Jul 22, 9:00 am, Alex Lee <ale...@mac.com> wrote:
> On 2011-07-21 20:35:02 +0100, Toinet said:
>
> > Hi There,
> > From my point of view, this is the most beautiful diskette I've ever
> > seen. It is located @http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/public/thegoldenspike.jpeg

> > (1MB file)
>
> > Shall we launch a contest?
>
> > Antoine

That one looks hard to beat due to the arrow design on the jacket. I
don't think I ever saw another one that had a design on that area.

A favourite of mine is Adventure Construction Set. I won't describe it
-- this way I will be encouraged to scan it and list it here.

- Wade

bloomer_au

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Jul 21, 2011, 9:14:31 PM7/21/11
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On Jul 22, 9:00 am, Alex Lee <ale...@mac.com> wrote:
> On 2011-07-21 20:35:02 +0100, Toinet said:
>
> > Hi There,
> > From my point of view, this is the most beautiful diskette I've ever
> > seen. It is located @http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/public/thegoldenspike.jpeg

> > (1MB file)
>
> > Shall we launch a contest?

D'oh, I replied to this but my answer seemed to disappear. Apologies
if it shows twice or in the wrong topic.

What I said was -- I think that disk is hard to beat, due to the
design on the jacket. I don't think I ever saw one with a design there
before.

A personal fave of mine is Adventure Construction Set. I'll scan it
and share it here when I have.

- Wade

A2CPM

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Jul 22, 2011, 12:20:51 AM7/22/11
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Hi!

On Jul 21, 3:35 pm, Antoine wrote:
> From my point of view, this is the most beautiful diskette I've ever
> seen. It is located @http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/public/thegoldenspike.jpeg
> (1MB file)

<--- snip --->

As a big railroad fan I'd like to examine the contents of the
disk. I looked on Asimov but it doesn't seem to be there nor in the
directory where the JPEG is.

Willi

Toinet

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Jul 22, 2011, 4:22:52 AM7/22/11
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Sure, I'll do.
That's why I purchased it. It was unknown to me and I ddin't see it on
asimov.
Antoine

Moose

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Jul 23, 2011, 4:29:44 AM7/23/11
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Nice pickup !!

The Bilestoad had a very nice gold disk. This was probably the most
attractive Apple floppy I have seen .... until I saw The Golden Spike.

antoine

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Jul 29, 2011, 7:24:36 AM7/29/11
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Another example of a beautiful diskette (or sleeve in that case):

http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/public/giantworld_front.jpeg
http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/public/giantworld_back.jpeg

Antoine

rich12345

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Jul 29, 2011, 11:17:22 AM7/29/11
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On Jul 21, 12:35 pm, Toinet <antoine.vig...@laposte.net> wrote:
> Hi There,
> From my point of view, this is the most beautiful diskette I've ever
> seen. It is located @http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/public/thegoldenspike.jpeg

> (1MB file)
>
> Shall we launch a contest?
>
> Antoine

conan had a cool graphic on it.

Egan Ford

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Jul 29, 2011, 3:34:15 PM7/29/11
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The back is awesome.

Boot Zero

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Aug 14, 2011, 7:08:21 PM8/14/11
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http://tinypic.com/r/29wsjlz/7

Ha. Even the picture came out a little shitty. I used to rag on Bonus
disks back in the day, but surprisingly, more of them work than my 3M or
Datalife disks.

Michael J. Mahon

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Aug 14, 2011, 9:52:34 PM8/14/11
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Boot Zero <ap...@bidlink.net> wrote:
> http://tinypic.com/r/29wsjlz/7
>
> Ha. Even the picture came out a little shitty. I used to rag on Bonus
> disks back in the day, but surprisingly, more of them work than my 3M or Datalife disks.

Hey, they even have hub rings--that's a bonus! ;-)

-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon

winston...@yahoo.com

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Aug 15, 2011, 12:34:15 AM8/15/11
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Ha ha! They were one of my favorite brands!
The worst was a box I bought at the Orlando Faire, so I could copy a bunch of programs at the show... one disk didn't even make it home. The others started failing within a week, and I had to make backup copies of them all.

They were Opus brand disks...

See here!
http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/481

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