Yeah, the later models used 5.25" media; the rare PERQ 2 used 8" Micropolis drives, and the PERQ 1/1A used 14" Shugart SA-4000 drives.
Ok, is there a picture of a Micropolis 8 inch anywhere? If so I can watch for it. The other oddball is the Miniframe, that box had no drives any idea what they might have used for that?
8" floppy media exclusively.
That helps. Couple of boxes of floppies I'll keep an eye out for more 8 inchers.
That's a 14" Shugart SA-4000, given that it came from Bob's basement, definitely a PERQ disk. Tough to read without a PERQ but there may be some options nearby you, if you manage to extract it from the basement. Make sure the spindle and heads are parked before moving.
Ok. Is there typically other stuff in that box? If I can take the drive physically out and take the side skins off it might be light enough to get up the steps. I'll bring a set of screwdrivers on the next trip out and a nice head mounted lamp....
Finally what would be the priority of bringing out one of the printers? They look like LJ1 engines and those were heavy but movable.
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