Disk Storage

[+toddtmw]

I've been looking for ways to store my disks. The "classic" disk boxes are a little pricey on eBay and the condition varies greatly. I found a 4x6 index card box on Amazon that does a great job storing disks.

Here is the link:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H3E9FNO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

I also have been looking for a way to store my most used disks in an easy-to retrieve way. When I had my original Atari, I had a plastick stair-step thing that did a pretty good job. I played around with ways to make one myself, but nothing seemed to work. Someone suggested 3-D printing. I decided to do old-school 3-D printing:

LEGO!

 

Here it is with disks in it:

[Bryan]

I'm glad I've still got my Kalmar roll-top teak boxes.

[AtariGeezer]

I still have my Kalmar roll-top teak boxes.too for 5 1/4 and 3.5 inch floppies

Every Flip-n-File type boxes that hold 100 floppies always come home with me when found at thrift stores, usually less than $3 each ...

[scotty]

I have a storage locker with about 15-16 of these FILLED to capacity with floppy disks that I MIGHT be getting rid of soon. 3 of the 3 1/2" disks fit PERFECTLY side-by-side in there, and if memory serves it is a little over 100 in each column, making each crate hold 300 or so.

 

As far as 5 1/4 goes, you guessed it.....2 side-by-side fir perfectly. I have no idea front to back how many it is.

 

When I get the time I will go through and sort them out and be selling the floppies. Obviously Anything of value will be sold separately. The rest will be sold as blank disks, but will either be Truly blank and never used, Amiga, ST PC, C64 or Atari 8-bit, as I had each mentioned system back in the day. Keep an eye out for the post. This is our busy time of the year at work, so it will not be tomorrow, but hopeful some time during the summer.

 

Edited June 1, 2017 by scotty

[+DavidMil]

My wife has about 50 million pairs of shoes. So I started using shoe boxes to store the disks. I currently have

three and a half boxes full. Not sure how many of them still work though...

 

DavidMil