Hi,
Have you ever seen those shipping cardboard floppy mockup that you usually
get with a new drive? That would be the ideal. Short of that you could
probably make your own with rigid but non-abrasive carboard, use a floppy as
a template and off you go...
Francois
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-----Original Message-----
From: SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com <SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, October 26, 1998 9:15 PM
Subject: floppy drive storage
>I have about 27 apple floppy drives as well as other floppy based machines
and
>am wondering about their long term storage. is it better to close the
drive's
>latch or leave it unlatched? i would think that having the drive
latched/door
>closed would keep the drive from possibly getting misaligned if it got
moved
>or bumped around but on the other hand, having the drive closed for long
>periods of time could possibly deform the head load pad. comments?
>
>david
>
Received on Mon Oct 26 1998 - 22:40:28 GMT