5.25" disks

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Tue Jan 12 16:55:31 1999

I wrote:
> I've got some Twiggy test diskettes made by 3M. I hadn't thought of trying
> to sell them on eBay; if production Twiggy diskettes can fetch $22, I wonder
> what test diskettes will fetch?

Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com> wrote:
> Considering the number of diskettes I've hand labelled "Test Media"
> over the last 20 years, although I've usually specified particular
> systems/drives rather than just capacity. What's a tech support
> guy's TRS-80 model one test diskette likely to pull in? Or his 8"SS
> Model 2 test diskette? I'd like to know, I've got disks and a felt
> tip.

Hmmm... I don't know about the "Test Media" diskettes that started this
thread, but my test Twiggy diskettes from 3M have an official 3M engineering
sample label with a lot number stamped on it, a disclaimer that there is
no warranty, etc.

I don't have a Certificate of Authenticity (for what little that would be
worth), but I doubt that anyone outside 3M forged the labelling.
Received on Tue Jan 12 1999 - 16:55:31 GMT