[Coco] 720K floppies... was: Frustrated in Seattle

[Bob Devries]

I have found that with age, the 3.5" disk media will let go from the metal 
hub that it is glued to, amking the data completely in-accessible. The disk 
can be re-used, by gluing the media back to the hub, though.
I believe (though I haven't tried it myself) that the Amiga, since it 
doesn't use the index hole for registration, can recover data from the disk.

--
Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia

Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
the capacity to be his spokesman,
so that I know how to help the weary.

website: http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bdevasl
my blog: http://bdevries.invigorated.org/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mike delyea" <mdelyea at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] 720K floppies... was: Frustrated in Seattle


>I use 1.44mb disks with tape over the 1.44mb hole and so far I haven't
> had any problems (touch wood).
>
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 2:47 PM, George Ramsower
> <georgeramsower at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  Sadly, most people today that have 3.5 inch floppies realize they have 
>> too
>>  many that they no longer use and they just toss them. In some cases, 
>> they
>>  just toss them all because they don't even use them any longer. I 
>> don't..
>>  not on this PC.
>>
>>   I got lucky year before last. My boss did just that, he brought them to
>>  work and tossed them in the dumpster.
>>
>>   Oh happy day! I dived right in there and got all the floppies. Tossed 
>> back
>>  the 1.44s and kept the 720s. I gleaned about sixty of the 720s from that
>>  lot. Soon after, I formatted them, tossed the ones that just refused to
>>  format and now I have 55 of them.
>>   I keep them in a controlled environment and I'm SO HAPPY to have them.
>>  However, I don't think I'll ever use them all.
>>
>>   Since I have a good serial port to this PC, I can use LHA to backup the
>>  stuff on the coco and store that onto CDs. I only need a floppy to make 
>> a
>>  boot disk, or in the case of my CNC machine, an operating system with 
>> the
>>  files needed for that.... or whatever else I choose to use the machine 
>> for.
>>
>>   I could share a few of these with others that may have a real need. 
>> Since
>>  there are so few, I'll have to decide on how many each person that 
>> requests
>>  some will get.
>>   Just let me know if you want some and when the flood of requests are 
>> done
>>  coming in, I'll make that decision and mail them to you.
>>
>>   Postage isn't a problem so don't worry about that. I can handle it. You 
>> pay
>>  what I paid, except you won't have to go "Dumpster Diving".
>>
>>  Write to: floppies at TheTinBox.com give your name and address and you'll 
>> be on
>>  the list. If there is are too many requests, then you might get only 
>> one, or
>>  none.
>>  It's a floppy lottery.. hehe
>>
>>   This email address is a temporary addy and will give you an auto 
>> response
>>  with confirmation of your email and a way to contact me directly.
>>
>>
>>  George
>>
>>
>>
>>
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