On Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 5:00 AM Peter Corlett via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >> https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/floppy-disk-table/
> > I like it!
>
> The ratios are wrong: it's about twice as thick as it ought to be. It's
> apparently been designed by somebody who has seen a picture
On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 at 12:00, Peter Corlett via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Get a LACK table from IKEA (€6.99)
Speaking of LACK, I guess most people might know this, but it's the
same size as a standard 19" rack and can be used to hold rackmount
kit.
https://wiki.eth0.nl/index.php/LackRack
This may be
On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 at 16:59, Peter Coghlan via cctalk
wrote:
>
> (BTW, trying to contact IKEA to get it sorted was very much like trying to
> contact Google except that Google doesn't have sacrificial call centre workers
> in a different country to intercept the complaints and lose them, Google
On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 at 12:00:33 +0100, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote:
>On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 04:47:36PM -0700, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
>> On 1/18/22 2:21 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:
>>> https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/floppy-disk-table/
>> I like it!
>
> The ratios are wrong:
On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 04:47:36PM -0700, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
> On 1/18/22 2:21 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:
>> https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/floppy-disk-table/
> I like it!
The ratios are wrong: it's about twice as thick as it ought to be. It's
apparently been designed by
On Tue, 18 Jan 2022, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
On 1/18/22 2:21 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:
https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/floppy-disk-table/
I like it!
But I hate the price.
The problem is right there in the name of the site. :D
g.
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On 1/18/22 2:21 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:
https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/floppy-disk-table/
I like it!
But I hate the price.
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Grant. . . .
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>>> I can only conclude you needed something to save the surface on one of
>>> these...
>>> https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/floppy-disk-table/
>>
>> I just love that table
>
> Although the ad says "1.44 megabytes", it is a 720K.
> The write enable notch is not openable to write protect it,
What's the going price for a Cray round sofa/bench?
I can only conclude you needed something to save the surface on one of
these...
https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/floppy-disk-table/
On Tue, 18 Jan 2022, Mike Katz via cctalk wrote:
I just love that table
Although the ad says "1.44 megabytes", it is a 720K.
The write enable notch is not
On Tue, 18 Jan 2022, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:
I can only conclude you needed something to save the surface on one of these...
https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/floppy-disk-table/
I have a RAMAC platter.
(24" diameter; arguably FIRST hard disk, from 1958?; when they wouldn't
let Nikita
I just love that table
On 1/18/2022 3:21 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:
On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 at 13:38:32 -0700, Adam Thornton via cctalk wrote:
I wish I'd kept some. I had some AOL CDs from slightly later that made
decent coasters for decades. Although I guess with the shutter, the
On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 at 13:38:32 -0700, Adam Thornton via cctalk wrote:
>
> I wish I'd kept some. I had some AOL CDs from slightly later that made
> decent coasters for decades. Although I guess with the shutter, the floppy
> wouldn't really have made a very good coaster.
>
I can only conclude
On 1/18/22 1:38 PM, Adam Thornton via cctalk wrote:
I wish I'd kept some. I had some AOL CDs from slightly later that
made decent coasters for decades. Although I guess with the shutter,
the floppy wouldn't really have made a very good coaster.
Chuckle.
When I think of "coasters" I think
> From: Grant Taylor
>
> I wince at the idea of running with QIC tape. But my experience is with
> QIC-80 tapes of the '90s which were so unreliable as to be in the same
> category as AOL floppy disks during the late '90s around the transition
> to CD-ROMs. As in I would trust an AOL
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