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

[chrisjpf33 at gmail.com]

If you end up with a leftover floppy drive, I would like it. I won't be at the workshop though so will have to make other arrangements.

Chris



On Jun 10, 2016, at 5:36 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

I'm interested in one.

On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Steven Michelsen via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> 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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