Re: RAMDISK 320 Memory System

[salfter@salfter.diespammersdie.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <1106439772.625719.325090@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
gmatteson <gmatteson@gmail.com> wrote:
>Years ago, a computer store closed. The store owner gifted me with
>1-RAMDISK 320 Memory System and an Apple III, neither of which I have
>ever had a use. Now retired, it is time to unload parts of my
>collection of odds and ends. I have the manual for the RAMDISK, also,
>the original disks. These 5-1/4" floppies are of questionable value at
>this late date. I cannot imagine that after all this time, they have
>retrievable information. But they are original so far as I know.

I think you'd be surprised at how well 5.25" floppies hold up.  Unless they
were written to cheap media, there's no reason they should be unreadable. 
Some of mine are coming up on 20 years old soon, and they're still readable.

3.5" floppies (especially high-density 3.5" floppies), OTOH...

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