On 26 Oct 98 at 22:40, Francois wrote:
> 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
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Visit the desperately in need of update
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That's what was in the formerly dusty and dirty Kaypro II I picked up. It
had billing info and charges on it from the repair. Obviously unreclaimed and
unused since being repaired years ago. Fdd's seem fine -enough to recognize
that I'm not using the proper disk. Kaypro fdd's and I never seem to get along.
ciao larry
>
> >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
> >
>
>
>
lwalker_at_interlog.com
Received on Tue Oct 27 1998 - 06:20:13 GMT