Bob Willard wrote:
> leguerri.RemoveThis@canr.hydro.qc.ca wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have inhirited of a large amount of diskettes; more than I'll probably
>> ever need, and I want to give them away to a good home. I don't want to
>> trash them.
>>
>> I have:
>> - About 150 5.25" floppies in 4 storage cabinets.
>> Maybe there are 3/4 of them 1.2M, and 1/4 of them 360K.
>> No errors, I read all the data from them with no problem.
>>
>> - About 150 3.5" floppies in 4 storage stackable drawers.
>> Most of them are 1.44MB, and a few are 720K. Many are original disks.
>> No errors, I read all the data from them with no problem.
>>
>> Just for the cost of postage.
>>
>> If you just want the diskettes in a compact box, I could send them w/o
>> the
>> cabinets. OR if you just want the cabinets, I could send them alone, to
>> lower postage costs.
>> However I'd give precedence to someone who takes all.
>>
>> Anyway, feel free to let me know your interests...
>>
>> Ah! I'm also looking for the following; in case you have:
>> - Adaptor for floppy ribbon cable; 34-pin male <--> female card
>> connector (
>> to connect a 5.25" drive to a 34-pin ribbon cable)
>> - Central Point Option Board (COPYIIPC): this is a card to copy protected
>> diskettes
>> - MicroSolutions CompatiCard (a special floppy disk controller)
>> - Another special floppy controller (4 drives); please describe
>> make/model...
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Louis-Luc
>
>
> May I suggest donating them to a neighborhood school? Business users
> may not want FDs anymore, but most schools have tight budgets and many
> are years behind the state of the art.
That or you could donate them to a central repository who would
distribute them to schools which are in need of floppies. See
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.floppiesforkiddies.org." target="_blank">www.floppiesforkiddies.org.</a>
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