CMP.WERNER@UTEXAS-20.ARPA (12/17/83)
From: Werner Uhrig <CMP.WERNER@UTEXAS-20.ARPA> As a consumer, I am outraged, that pricing of PC [generic) related items are priced similarly as I know it from the Aviation world. Apparently, with one central thought: "Let's rip'em off" After looking at a 50-disk-box yesterday, at a "sale-price" of $20 ($19.95, of course), I was appalled enough to ask the salesman, why the h... a plastic box should be worth $20, and he replied, "everybody else thinks it's a bargain. I guess it's because it's a computer accessory ..." Well, campers, what are we going to do about THIS ???? And, if anyone has found some nifty way to make a cheap alternative disk container, please let me know. thanks. -------
strom%brl-bmd@sri-unix.UUCP (12/19/83)
From: Charlie Strom (NYU) <strom@brl-bmd> I picked up half a dozen cardboard 50-diskette boxes at the Trenton Computer festival last April. These were die-cut from heavy carton stock, called "bit-boxes" or the like, and were at most $2 ea. This is a fine alternative to those overpriced plastic boxes. Unfortuantely, I don't know how to locate them and haven't seen them since. If I see them again in April, I will of course buy some more as well as make a note to post info to the net, but hopefully someone else can come up with the supplier's name in the interim.
jmg@houxk.UUCP (J.MCGHEE) (12/20/83)
In reading the articles by Werner Uhrig and Charlie Strom about disk boxes the first question that occurred to me is "What size disks are they talking about?" Assuming that you guys are talking 5 1/4" disks, I have a solution for you. I bought a fairly large plastic box from my local drug store (stationary store?) which is supposed to be used for holding 5x8 index cards. It cost me something like $1.19 or maybe $2.19 and fits my disks just fine with a little room left over on the side to store extra disk labels and write-protect tabs. How's that for putting the "gotcha" on overpriced computer products salesmen.
burton@fortune.UUCP (Philip Burton) (12/21/83)
Any suggestions for 8" floppies? Phil Burton Fortune Systems 415/595 8444 x 526
hersee@ihuxx.UUCP (Steve Hersee) (12/22/83)
I use plastic shoe boxes. They hold about 200 disks and are very cheap.