5.25" disks

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_freegate.com>
Date: Wed Jan 6 17:08:38 1999

I picked up an auction lot today and it contained, among other things, some
5.25" disks that are hand labelled as "1.2MB Test Media". I'm wondering if
they are calibration disks for 5.25" drives. Realizing they are probably so
RARE that to L_at__at_K at them should cost $20 :-) Since I've got a couple I'd
like to send one to anyone who feels confident they can tell me what they
are (Tony?)

Another thing this lot had in it was the 1996 MSDN developers network
subscription CD binder. This basically has like all the "big" software
microsoft made including copies of Win95, WinNT 3.5 and WinNT 4.0 Beta.
Plus various SDKs, international versions and docs. It occurred to me that
to a developer this "trash" is going to be gold to a collector in 20 years
who is trying to demonstrate or renovate a "pre-millenium personal
computer." So it seems to be out there and it is fairly low volume (less
than 1 cubic foot) and can be had inexpensively. May I suggest we do future
collectors a favor (as those who saved OS/8 did for me) and take some of
this "junk" and store it somewhere safe for future generations...

--Chuck
Received on Wed Jan 06 1999 - 17:08:38 GMT