On 01/10/2016 15:42, "j...@cimmeri.com" <j...@cimmeri.com> wrote:
> On 10/1/2016 9:19 AM, Al Kossow wrote: >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/291894250804 > > I don't get it. Would someone explain to me how a couple of old, dirty, > untested, belt driven floppy drives are worth this kind of money? And > why?? > > There's actual bidding going on. That's not just an asking price. Because they're actual Twiggy drives from a Lisa 1. A lot of them were chucked during the Lisa 2 upgrades offered by Apple because the Twiggys were slow and unreliable, but it's a great example of how not to design a floppy drive. If I had deep pockets I'd be bidding too. -- Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer collection?
