[vcf-midatlantic] "floppy drive pot luck" at the June workshop

[Steven Michelsen]

OK I just bought the lot.  Whatever is left over I can always keep or put up on ebay.

I hope to be there tomorrow 1pm or so.  

Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 3:38 PM
To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org>
Cc: Dean Notarnicola <dnotarnicola at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] "floppy drive pot luck" at the June workshop?

I'll take at least one; more if they are 360K

On Friday, June 10, 2016, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> Steve,
> That's very on-topic, thanks for the suggestion.  Hopefully someone 
> will want them b
>
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Steven Michelsen via vcf-midatlantic 
> < vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > I am planning to come to the June workshop this weekend, in the 
> > hopes
> that
> > someone can help me diagnose my smokin' hot (literally) Eagle PC.
> >
> >
> >
> > I found a seller on ebay who is local to me, that just sold a lot of
> 5.25"
> > floppy drives for $7 each.  He has 13 more of them that he was 
> > planning
> to
> > put up for auction.   He says that they were all pulled from PCs on their
> > way to recycling, and they have not been tested.  They are all
> half-height
> > drives.  He is willing to sell me the pile for $6 each.
> >
> >
> >
> > I will pick up the other 13 drives if enough folks who will be at 
> > the
> event
> > this weekend are willing to put up $6 each for one or more of them.   I
> > will
> > keep a few myself; there will be about 10 up for grabs.  Who's in?   The
> > seller has given me a day to gauge your interest in this stuff.
> >
> >
> >
> > If this email violates some sort of "no commerce" mandate, I apologize.
> I
> > am not looking to make anything on all this; just looking to share 
> > what seems like a good deal.
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
>
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