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This week a workmate was cleaning up some old boxes of stuff ready to go to trash, and I could save these few floppy disk sleeves. Although these are all Japanese, the front designs are all in English since that's considered somewhat "cooler". Instructions on the back are bilingual though.

I've submitted this to The Original Disc Sleeve Archive where I hope they'll join the great collection.

3M (front)3M (back)FujiFilm (front)FujiFilm (back)FujiFilm Super HR (front)FujiFilm Super HR (back)FujiFilm Super HR #2 (front)FujiFilm Super HR #2 (back)FujiFilm Super HR #3 (front)FujiFilm Super HR #3 (back)Fujitsu FM Series (front)Fujitsu FM Series (back)Fuji Xerox (front)Fuji Xerox (back)Fuji Xerox System Service (front)Fuji Xerox System Service (back)Maxell (front)Maxell (back)

1. 3M
2. FujiFilm
3, 4, 5. FujiFilm Super HR
6. Fujitsu FM Series
7. Fuji Xerox
8. Fuji Xerox System Service
9. Maxell

In my book, the Fujitsu one is a real keeper! "FM Series" refers to their home computer line, such as the FM-8 which used a 6809 CPU, the same as what was in the Radio Shack/Tandy Color Computer that we had at home in the 80's. Someday (when I have more space) I'll get me a FM-8!

Posted on May 23, 2007 at 22:53 | Tweet |


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God save Dr. NakaMats.

Posted by ale/pepino on May 23, 2007 at 23:35


Gosh .. I recall how we considered those 'expensive' .. and used a holepunch to make then 2-sided :) ha ha .. good times

Posted by Peter Nacken on May 23, 2007 at 23:52


My god you workmate must be really old.

Posted by Roy on May 24, 2007 at 00:00


ale: haha!

Peter: Yes! We even had a special puncher that made square holes looking very professional. :)

Roy: Oh no, she was just given the task to throw away old stuff, no one knows who it belonged to. :)

Posted by Patrick on May 24, 2007 at 07:36


What... no punch cards ? fortran mainframe data input ?

Posted by JC on May 24, 2007 at 12:16


Yeah the scary thing is we still use 5 1/4" disks are work and even scarier is that we still have 8" disks in use!

Posted by fleep... on May 24, 2007 at 12:40


JC: I'm not even sure what punch cards look like..!

fleep...: Ouch!! I don't even have a 3½" drive. (Ok, there's one in the closet.)

Posted by Patrick on May 24, 2007 at 13:55


cool! these are great.

Posted by william on May 27, 2007 at 15:47



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