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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Actually I used to work on the IBM System
34 (which got upgraded to a System 36) back in the early 80s. Not only
did it have 8” floppies it had an auto-loader that held 10 of them which
I thought was uber-cool at the time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I wonder what one could make out of the
old Datapoint 5 MB disk packs? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Jim Kinney<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, September 07, 2010
12:00 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">rfaulkner@34thprs.org</st1:PersonName>;
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ale] Plagued by
stacks of old floppies. I found the cure</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hmm. so the older the
geek, the more "floppy knowledge" they have.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Richard Faulkner <<a
href="mailto:rfaulkner@34thprs.org">rfaulkner@34thprs.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>5.25? How about 8 inchers...now THOSE were floppies! (Dating
myself like the legacy hardware I support...)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From</span></b>: Lightner, Jeff <<a
href="mailto:%22Lightner,%20Jeff%22%20%3cjlightner@water.com%3e" target="_blank">jlightner@water.com</a>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Reply-to</span></b>: <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:place></st1:City> Linux
Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!</st1:PersonName> <<a
href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To</span></b>: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Atlanta
Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!</st1:PersonName> <<a
href="mailto:Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20-%20Yes%21%20We%20run%20Linux%21%20%3cale@ale.org%3e"
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject</span></b>: Re: [ale] Plagued by
stacks of old floppies. I found the cure<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Date</span></font></b>:
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 09:18:00 -0400<br>
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<font size=2 color=navy><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>That looks
like more of a “case” than a “bag”. To make a
“bag” you’d need real “floppies” (i.e. the 5.25
inch kind).</span></font><br>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org"
target="_blank">ale-bounces@ale.org</a> [mailto:<a
href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org" target="_blank">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Michael Trausch</span></font><br>
<b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Monday, September 06, 2010 10:29 PM</span></font><br>
<b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Atlanta Linux
Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!</st1:PersonName></span></font><br>
<b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Re: [ale] Plagued by stacks of old
floppies. I found the cure</span></font><br>
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Heh.<br>
<br>
People come to me all the time with floppy disks that they need data pulled
from. Usually with files that need to be converted from insanely old formats,
too. Microsoft Works (3.0 and prior) seem to be popular, I find myself every
now and again (and at present!) pulling data from old floppy disks (often with
bad sectors) and also trying to convert it.<br>
<br>
I usually then give the floppies back and put the stuff on a Flash drive so
that they are able to have it in something that today's computers are able to
read. Ah, ancient data.<br>
<br>
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Sent from my HTC Dream---Running Froyo!<br>
Thanks, @cyanogen!<br>
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On Sep 6, 2010 12:06 AM, "Joshua" <<a
href="mailto:jrtroberts@gmail.com" target="_blank">jrtroberts@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
> Do you find that when you clean out your closet or your computer dungeon <br>
> you have to sort through several stacks of useless old floppies? Want <br>
> to be a walking fashion nerd? Then here is your cure, The floppy disk bag.<br>
> <br>
> <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Floppy-Disk-Bag/" target="_blank">http://www.instructables.com/id/Floppy-Disk-Bag/</a><br>
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