Floppy Disk Stand

[+toddtmw]

Back in the day, I had a disk holder. It was very simple. Two pieces of plastic cut so that there were notches like stair steps. There were 2 or 3 cross bars that held them together. You could set it on your desk and display 10 floppies so that they were tiered and you could easily grab each one. I put my most used disks here.

 

I cannot even find a picture of anything like this on google image search, much less one for sale.

 

Does anyone know what these were called that I could search for them by?

 

Thanks.

[+slx]

Sounds practical, though I don't remember it (except a similar thing for CDs) and don't know the name.

 

If you remember what it looked like you could try designing a 3D model and have it printed. Should not be to complicated if its just a two or three sets of "stairs" with connecting rods. I did a brief search on Thingiverse and didn't find anything close but maybe you can at least get some inspiration there.

[+toddtmw]

I thought about that, but I made a drew it out on paper and just one side is 18.5 inches by 6 inches. (It would only need to be about a quarter inch thick assuming I printed the two sides separately and then connected them with some sort of cross beam.)

 

Can 3-D printers do something that large?

 

Todd

[Osgeld]

Sounds like a weekend chore with some wood

 

And some printers can most hobby level ones wont

 

Mind sharing your drawing?

Edited May 29, 2017 by Osgeld

[+toddtmw]

I tried to cut the cardboard so the back is a little messed up, but this is it:

 

Here it is with a disk lined up to the bottom line on each step:

 

It's really just a basic stair step design. 3.5 inches on the front half and 5 iniches on the back half. Each horizontal spacer is .25 inches.

 

Todd

 

 

[CRTGAMER]

I use FlipNFile boxes for my Commodore 64 disks. The tray pops open acting like a miniature file cabinet for the floppies.

 

Hard to find now, here is the Memorex version:

 

[+toddtmw]

Yeah no had those back in the day too. Great when going to someone else's house.

[Osgeld]

yea thinking a trip to hobby lobby, even some thin balsa wood and some quarter inch sqare stock, you can cut it all out with a knife and wood glue it up in an afternoon be using it by the next morning

 

i mean its just holding floppies heh

Edited May 30, 2017 by Osgeld

[+toddtmw]

Yeah. I'm thinking the same thing.

[Kyle22]

Try this: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p4840.m570.l1313.TR1.TRC0.A0.H0.Xflip+n+file.TRS0&_nkw=flip+n+file&_sacat=0

[+toddtmw]

I bought this one:

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Memorex-5-25-034-floppy-Disk-Travel-Case-Organizer-Rare-/262871601295

[Kyle22]

Looks good

[+toddtmw]

I'm bummed. There was a lot of like 4 or 5 of those last week and I didn't buy them. (Heck, this might be one of them...)