Comments on: Grab a moist towelette for some hot diskette unboxing http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/08/grab-a-moist-towelette-for-some-hot-diskette-unboxing/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:00:05 -0500 hourly 1 By: dave alexander http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/08/grab-a-moist-towelette-for-some-hot-diskette-unboxing/comment-page-1/#comment-762572 dave alexander Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:24:24 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/08/grab-a-moist-towelette-for-some-hot-diskette-unboxing/#comment-762572 These are good for holding other kinds of "data" too. My band used 8" floppies as part of a 7" vinyl release. You can hear the release at Obliq.net, here is a picture of our (mis?) usage of this technology: http://obliq.net/images/obq03.jpg http://obliq.net/images/obq03back.jpg I actually only was able to procure 400 of these things from a company that STILL manufacturers these (they are EXPENSIVE); I was able to talk them out of their QA lab's stash of "trash" for the price of shipping for this project. They only could give me 400; hence the # of records we pressed! 5 1/4" diskettes are great holders for CDs or DVDs too (5"), so for your next party invite you can give a disk of music in a floppy diskette and show that technology weenies can compete with scrapbookers anyday ! LOL! These are good for holding other kinds of “data” too. My band used 8″ floppies as part of a 7″ vinyl release. You can hear the release at Obliq.net, here is a picture of our (mis?) usage of this technology:

http://obliq.net/images/obq03.jpg
http://obliq.net/images/obq03back.jpg

I actually only was able to procure 400 of these things from a company that STILL manufacturers these (they are EXPENSIVE); I was able to talk them out of their QA lab’s stash of “trash” for the price of shipping for this project. They only could give me 400; hence the # of records we pressed!

5 1/4″ diskettes are great holders for CDs or DVDs too (5″), so for your next party invite you can give a disk of music in a floppy diskette and show that technology weenies can compete with scrapbookers anyday ! LOL!

]]> By: Tom Woolf http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/08/grab-a-moist-towelette-for-some-hot-diskette-unboxing/comment-page-1/#comment-761895 Tom Woolf Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:59:16 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/08/grab-a-moist-towelette-for-some-hot-diskette-unboxing/#comment-761895 Oh, man... I haven't seen an 8-incher like that since my old college days... Oh, man… I haven’t seen an 8-incher like that since my old college days…

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