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redrumloa

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Dec 30, 2009, 7:19:56 PM12/30/09
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I find myself with a little time this weekend (yaa!), so I started to
organize my Commodore floppy disks. I am finding that I have a
shortage of storage cases. I seem to remember in the old days you
could get cases to hold 100+ floppies. Not too surprising, I can't
find any for sale online in any size. I know many of you here probably
have as many, or way more floppies than myself (I probably have ~800,
with ~250 originals). What are you using? Cardboard boxes? Music CD
storage cases? Dozens of old storage cases that hold 20-50?

Thanks.

Tim Knight

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Dec 30, 2009, 9:03:58 PM12/30/09
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I buy the cardboard file boxes from WalMart and use a box knife to
shorten the height to about 6 inches. Then I use hot glue to put a
longitudinal divider down the middle (a piece of 1/4 inch plywood
works fine). Each side will hold 100+ floppies......and you can still
lift the box when it is full.

CT

redrumloa

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Dec 30, 2009, 9:30:38 PM12/30/09
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That is an interesting solution. Thanks for the idea!

Golan Klinger

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Dec 30, 2009, 11:24:27 PM12/30/09
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redrumloa wrote:

> What are you using?

http://www.fellowes.com/fellowes/site/products/ProductDetails.aspx?Id=96503

They stack nicely and have a little handle on the front which makes them
easy to retrieve from shelves. Ignore the "Suggested Price" of $20.06. You
can get them for less than half that through Amazon. Highly recommended.

--
Golan Klinger
Dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.

rusure

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Dec 31, 2009, 11:07:59 AM12/31/09
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On Dec 30, 5:19 pm, redrumloa <amiga...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I have a shortage of storage cases. you could get cases
> to hold 100+ floppies. I can't find any for sale online

You can find 50 and 100 disk/CD file containers
at reasonable prices in the acc.txt inventory here:

www.c4expo.org//5277
Click on the "here" link after the "online sale
listing" text on the right hand side of the page

These guys used to have a GEOCITIES site that is no longer
running. You may want to edit the CCCC entry in your rolodex.

rusure

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Dec 31, 2009, 11:12:17 AM12/31/09
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On Dec 31, 9:07 am, rusure <r_u_s...@mybluelight.com> wrote:
> On Dec 30, 5:19 pm, redrumloa <amiga...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> > I have a shortage of storage cases. you could get cases
> > to hold 100+ floppies. I can't find any for sale online
>
> You can find 50  and 100 disk/CD file containers
> at reasonable prices in the acc.txt inventory here:
>
> www.c4expo.org//5277
correction www.c4expo.org/5277

Bill Garber

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Dec 31, 2009, 11:42:33 AM12/31/09
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"rusure" <r_u_...@mybluelight.com> wrote in message news:682c5b80-3675-4dc1...@21g2000yqj.googlegroups.com...


Funny thing. The first one works. :-)

Bill Garber

rusure

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Dec 31, 2009, 12:01:59 PM12/31/09
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> Funny thing. The first one works. :-)

I get a 404 GOOGLE diagnostic when I click on either WEB
site in my post message.. As you noted the 2 slash site also
works when pasted into into the WEB site field of EXPLORER.

I would use the correction since the INTERNET may get fussier.

Bill Garber

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Dec 31, 2009, 12:16:25 PM12/31/09
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"rusure" <r_u_...@mybluelight.com> wrote in
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Well, either way, thanks, because now I have spent
$65 while I was at the site. :-) I just had to
have 64NIC+ since I also have an Uthernet, soon to
be 2, for my Apple IIe and IIgs.

I wanted to get a USB cart for my Atari 800xl, but
I read many reviews to the effect that it doesn't
'be all that it can be' yet.

Yes, I am a cross-over vintage computerist. :-)

Bill Garber

Michael

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Dec 31, 2009, 12:19:51 PM12/31/09
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You just got to remove http://www.google.com/ off the address bar. I
noticed Google is having problems with the groups. Some of ones I
posted too have the problem.

BTW, you know we are all getting old when the groups go from library
and churches to a Retirement Community. :)

rusure

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Dec 31, 2009, 5:54:11 PM12/31/09
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Just trying something

http://www.c4expo.org//5277

rusure

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Dec 31, 2009, 5:57:40 PM12/31/09
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On Dec 31, 3:54 pm, rusure <r_u_s...@mybluelight.com> wrote:
> Just trying something
>
> http://www.c4expo.org//5277
correction http://www.c4expo.org/5277

rusure

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Dec 31, 2009, 6:11:42 PM12/31/09
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> You just got to removehttp://www.google.com/off the address bar

When http;// precedes all that other INTERNET gibberish
clicking on the site in the posted message works.
Without the http://, I go to GOOGLE file not found land.

rusure

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Dec 31, 2009, 6:17:38 PM12/31/09
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> Well, either way, thanks, because now I have spent
> $65 while I was at the site. :-) I just had to
> have 64NIC+ since I also have an Uthernet, soon to
> be 2, for my Apple IIe and IIgs.

Most of the time for rudimentary computer items, CCCC will beat EBAY.

Bill Garber

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Dec 31, 2009, 7:22:20 PM12/31/09
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"rusure" <r_u_...@mybluelight.com> wrote in
message news:7577b731-1d21-47d2-af1f-312fb061
62...@r24g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...

Oh, I wasn't inferring that the price wasn't good,
by any means, I just meant that I spent money that
I didn't need to spend. As with the 2 items which
were aforementioned for the Apples. I didn't really
NEED those either. :-)))))

Bill Garber

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