Subj : Re: I want to do something retro...
To   : Nightfox
From : Spectre
Date : Wed Jun 26 2024 13:45:00

 Ni> I feel like I have nostalgia for beige PCs, as I always pictured a desktop
 Ni> PC on a desk, used as a tool, and desktop computers were commonly beige.
 Ni> I still sometimes would like to have a space big enough for a big computer
 Ni> desk with storage for media & things, and bonus points would be also
 Ni> having a beige PC case.. More nostalgia for me is, I used to also
 Ni> have a couple of these cardboard "economy diskette drawer", which
 Ni> I think I bought at my local Egghead Software at the time, to store
 Ni> 3.5" floppy disks..  The ones pictured here look like they're
 Ni> for 5.25" disks:

The old 286 era equipment stuffed into XT style cases that have an open
layout, lots of space, and allow for full height, full length cards. I had 3
of those stacked at one stage..

Those cardboard floppy boxes are reminiscent of some that came with my
Clone-E.  Never saw them in the wild though.  We mostly used the plastic
boxes the 10 packs came in. The other was the plastic 50-100 floppy boxes
that also get used for CDs.  I did come across someone that had thousands
well one or two, that were jammed into long custom boxes made of plywood,
would easily have held something in the order of 500 a "crate" is probably a
better term.


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