18 Oct
2006
18 Oct
'06
6:35 p.m.
Hi,
I'm starting to get a rather large collection
of Amiga and PC disks.
What is better for storage and easy access,
small cardboard boxes (W:5" D:4" H:5") that I
can get for nothing from work or the proper
plastic case things that can hold 50 or 100
disks?
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
18 Oct
18 Oct
8:59 p.m.
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
I'm starting to get a rather large collection
of Amiga and PC disks.
What is better for storage and easy access,
small cardboard boxes (W:5" D:4" H:5") that I
can get for nothing from work or the proper
plastic case things that can hold 50 or 100
disks?
There are (or used to be) cardboard drawer-style boxes for holding 300 or
so disks at a time. The drawers are divided into three columns, each of
which is divided into slots which hold 20 or so disks each. An office
supply store should have them.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
9:17 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Griffith" <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: 3.5" disk storage
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
wrote:
I like using old fellows disk drawers that interconnect with others (top and
side). I think I have 12 of the 3.5" and 2 of the 5.25" (lockable). These
used to cost something like $20 each when new, they come up on ebay once in
a while
This is the type here: Ebay Item number: 200036617045
I'm starting to get a rather large
collection
of Amiga and PC disks.
What is better for storage and easy access,
small cardboard boxes (W:5" D:4" H:5") that I
can get for nothing from work or the proper
plastic case things that can hold 50 or 100
disks?
There are (or used to be) cardboard drawer-style boxes for holding 300 or
so disks at a time. The drawers are divided into three columns, each of
which is divided into slots which hold 20 or so disks each. An office
supply store should have them.
--
David Griffith 
10:55 p.m.
At 07:59 PM 10/18/2006, David Griffith wrote:
There are (or used to be) cardboard drawer-style boxes
for holding 300 or
so disks at a time. The drawers are divided into three columns, each of
which is divided into slots which hold 20 or so disks each. An office
supply store should have them.
My Amiga disk collection is housed in plastic tubs with lids sold for
storing clothes such as sweaters. I made my own cardboard dividers.
- John
11:15 p.m.
John Foust wrote:
My Amiga disk collection is housed in plastic tubs
with lids sold for
storing clothes such as sweaters. I made my own cardboard dividers.
My initial knee-jerk reaction to this is "how horrific and crude!" And
yet, on further thought, I can't find anything wrong with this solution
in terms of weatherproofing, space management (stacking, etc.), etc.
Are there pros/cons I'm missing?
--
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11:41 p.m.
At 10:15 PM 10/18/2006, Jim Leonard wrote:
John Foust wrote:
Once full of disks, the columns of disks don't move much side-to-side.
If you leave a little slack in the columns, you can flip through the
disks to find the ones you want. Obviously this works better if the
columns are full of disks (you don't want one column full and the
others empty.) But as you say, they've served well for stacking,
dust prevention, and easy access. And the boxes only cost a few bucks each.
At 10:16 PM 10/18/2006, Teo Zenios wrote:
My Amiga disk collection is housed in plastic tubs
with lids sold for
storing clothes such as sweaters. I made my own cardboard dividers.
My initial
knee-jerk reaction to this is "how horrific and crude!" And yet, on further
thought, I can't find anything wrong with this solution in terms of weatherproofing,
space management (stacking, etc.), etc. Are there pros/cons I'm missing? Those are not made of the staticy plastic are they?
And what do you think static will do to a 3.5" floppy? Or are you worried
that touching it will
- John
19 Oct
19 Oct
12:25 a.m.
New subject: staticy plastic tubs
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, John Foust wrote:
This brings to mind a question: I have lots of chips packaged in
static-safe chip tubes which are then put in metalized anti-static plastic
bags. Is it okay to put packages like this into said staticy plastic
tubs?
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
Those are not
made of the staticy plastic are they?
And what do you think static will do to a 3.5" floppy? Or are you worried
that touching it will 
12:37 a.m.
New subject: staticy plastic tubs
On Thursday 19 October 2006 00:25, David Griffith wrote:
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, John Foust wrote:
This brings to mind a question: I have lots of chips packaged in
static-safe chip tubes which are then put in metalized anti-static
plastic bags. Is it okay to put packages like this into said staticy
plastic tubs?
Yes, the point of the anti-static bags (or chip tubes) is to dissipate
static charges and protect the contents.
Just be careful to dissipate static that you (and the anti-static
packaging) accumulate after pulling them out of the tub and before you
pull the devices out of the tubes. :)
Pat
--
Purdue University ITAP/RCAC --- http://www.rcac.purdue.edu/
The Computer Refuge --- http://computer-refuge.org
Those are
not made of the staticy plastic are they?
And what do you think static will do to a 3.5" floppy? Or are you
worried that touching it will 
9:45 a.m.
New subject: staticy plastic tubs
David Griffith wrote:
This brings to mind a question: I have lots of chips
packaged in
static-safe chip tubes which are then put in metalized anti-static plastic
bags. Is it okay to put packages like this into said staticy plastic
tubs?
Yes. But to be even safer, you could line the inside of those bins, and
if you can, the sides and top with aluminum foil. This will build
something like a Faraday cage which will keep the chip tubes nice and
safe.
18 Oct
18 Oct
11:16 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Foust" <jfoust at threedee.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: 3.5" disk storage
At 07:59 PM 10/18/2006, David Griffith wrote:
Those are not made of the staticy plastic are they?
There are (or used to be) cardboard drawer-style
boxes for holding 300 or
so disks at a time. The drawers are divided into three columns, each of
which is divided into slots which hold 20 or so disks each. An office
supply store should have them.
My Amiga disk collection is housed in plastic tubs with lids sold for
storing clothes such as sweaters. I made my own cardboard dividers.
- John 
11:29 p.m.
I couldn't find anything that I really thought was either large enough nor
sturdy enough, so I built my own in oak (panel, stile and rail). 6 ft.
high, maybe 4 ft. wide on casters with 8 drawers on ball-bearing glides.
Holds 8, 5.25 and 3.5" floppies as well as a few CD-ROMs with a bit of
storage below for odds and ends.
It was fun to do and I justified buying a new router table for building it.
Cheers,
Chuck
.
18 Oct
18 Oct
11:56 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Is this like the time I justified spending several Grand on an
engineer's lathe in order to repair a photocopier that had cost about
\pounds 150?
Well, I'd wanted a lathe for some time, and it does have a lot of other
uses :-)
-tony
I justified buying a new router table for
building it.
That is, of course, the most important bit :-)
11:59 p.m.
On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Tony Duell wrote:
Is this like the time I justified spending several
Grand on an
engineer's lathe in order to repair a photocopier that had cost about
\pounds 150?
Well, I'd wanted a lathe for some time, and it does have a lot of other
uses :-)
Yeah, you can emulate the Mythbusters by chucking things like 2-liter soda
bottles or salami in the lathe.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
9:44 a.m.
David Griffith wrote:
There are (or used to be) cardboard drawer-style boxes
for holding 300 or
so disks at a time. The drawers are divided into three columns, each of
which is divided into slots which hold 20 or so disks each. An office
supply store should have them
Shoe boxes work fine too. And they stack quite
nicely. Make sure you
keep those dessicant packs that come with the shoes in there too. I
wouldn't worry about static as much as EM fields. Keep'em away from
anything made of steel/iron, CRT's, speakers, power lines, etc. You can
use a compass to see if there's any danger around. :-)
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