Update - they person who wanted them had a change of heart, so they are available again for anyone who wants them. I'd be willing to send no more than 4 in a box. I'd hate to just toss these things in the garbage but it looks like it may come to that.
-Kurt On Fri, Dec 12, 2025, 09:02 Kurt Nowak <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for all the info, especially info on the spring loaded access door. > The vacuum venting makes sense but I'm still perplexed as to how the > read/write head gets access to the magnetic surface. As I stated in my > original posting, 4 of them seem to have broken off. Do you think it's best > to open the rest of the broken ones up (in a very clean dust free area) and > remove them or leave them in there flopping around risking damage during > transit? They are pretty easy to open up.I was thinking of carefully taping > shut the opening with masking tape and a small patch of plastic. > > Also, they have been claimed already, sorry. A portion will be donated to > CHM. > > > -Kurt > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM Christian Corti via cctalk < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, 10 Dec 2025, Kurt Nowak wrote: >> > I came across a big box of 12 of these disks which my dad acquired >> through >> > work back in the 70s, and squirreled them away in the attic after they >> had >> >> These are disk cartridges from an IBM 1130 system. >> >> Christian >> >
