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| 800K Floppies and Carmen USA!!! |
Posted by: Scott Baret on 2009-07-24 15:19:58
I stopped in a Goodwill computer store today to check out what they had. The prices were good on some items, OK on others. However, one display that I was drawn to was NOS floppy disks. I found not one but two boxes of 800K floppies at $1.95 each!
I opened one of the boxes, which looked to be old (it said Verbatim was a Kodak company on the front, which I don't think it has been for some time) and found disks with the little blue Verbatim label on them inside (these haven't been sold in nearly 20 years). There was also a coupon book for various items that could be obtained with proofs of purchase. I was going to fill out the one for a disk box (which I'm guessing is the famous black Verbatim box) for one proof of purchase but I saw the expiration date and I think I'm just a little bit too late--the offer expired September 30, 1989.
When I got home I found the Carmen USA I bought a few days ago on eBay had arrived--which means I now have a copy for my Classic II (this is my third copy of Carmen USA overall). A great day for Mac conquests indeed!!!
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Posted by: JRL on 2009-07-24 17:28:17
Nice! 800k floppies are always nice to have. My only source of them are wiping old ones I have laying around here. 😛
BTW, did you get my PM regarding payment for shipping?
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Posted by: LCGuy on 2009-07-24 18:03:13
Nice score. 🙂
Yeah, Verbatim is now owned by Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (according to wiki) and have actually been owned by Mitsu since 1990.
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Posted by: Christopher on 2009-07-25 09:37:11
That's always fun stuff to find. For some reason It feels good to have something that aged out years ago.
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