On 9 May 1998, Frank McConnell wrote:
> Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com> wrote:
> > I've been finding parts of HP 150's for a few months now, and I finally
> > collected enough of them today for a complete system (including a new
> > in-the-box integral printer), but I'm short on stiffies. Anybody know a
> > source of stiffies? I have the 9121 drive, which I think is single-sided.
>
> They aren't special, any decent double-sided 720KB stiffies should be
> usable. At least that is what I used to do.
WeirdStuff has boxes of 3.5" diskettes that they're giving away. Right
besides the counter near the (new) entrance. It usually has a sign on it
that says "FREE, take as many as you want". They're basically Adobe font
diskettes (all the same) so they have a colorful label on them, but
they're useable.
> Well, that is, unless you have one of the real early 9121s that doesn't
> open the door on the stiffy. That's why some of the older HP stiffies
> have "pinch" stamped in the corner -- for those drives, you're supposed
> to slide the door over to the left 'til it catches, then pinch where
> indicated to close it.
Oh man! I remember those. I think I still have one somewhere.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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