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FS: 1 GB hard drives, $6 each, tested and working.
I know some of you guys like to rescue old computers - I have three western
digital hard drives, two are Cavia 21200 (1.2 GB) and one is Caviar 2850 (800 MB). I've tested each of these and formatted them (FAT), and they boot correctly. All are IDE. $6 each. postage is $4 (US priority flat rate envelope) each - I may (note MAY) be able to put two or maybe even all 4 into one envelope if you want more than one. These are good drives for an older computer, and I believe some of the automated machine tools use these as well - contact me off the list if interested. -- Bill to Email me, repair this address and use it: william_ b_ noble at msn dot com also check out http://www.wbnoble.com |
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On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 11:57:05 -0800, "william_b_noble"
wrote: I know some of you guys like to rescue old computers - I have three western digital hard drives, two are Cavia 21200 (1.2 GB) and one is Caviar 2850 (800 MB). I've tested each of these and formatted them (FAT), and they boot correctly. All are IDE. $6 each. postage is $4 (US priority flat rate envelope) each - I may (note MAY) be able to put two or maybe even all 4 into one envelope if you want more than one. These are good drives for an older computer, and I believe some of the automated machine tools use these as well - contact me off the list if interested. I brought about fifty similar disks home from work last week. They are being mined for fridge magnets! Mark Rand RTFM |
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On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:49:05 +0000, Mark Rand
wrote: I brought about fifty similar disks home from work last week. They are being mined for fridge magnets! If you are interested in a moneymaking idea, try this: Remove the drive bubble so the discs, drive heads and actuators are visible. Buy cheap ($10) battery operated quartz clock movements from one of those craft stores, along with numbers for the dial. They're intended for making wall clocks out of plates, varnished slices off logs and whatever. You can get them with 1 inch long threaded shafts. Drill a hole for the movement through the center of the disc assembly (obligatory metalwork content). Glue the numbers to the top of the disc to make a clock face. Add a keyhole at the back to hang the thing up with. I've seen such novelty constructs selling for $50 |
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On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 16:47:18 -0800, John Ings
wrote: On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:49:05 +0000, Mark Rand wrote: I brought about fifty similar disks home from work last week. They are being mined for fridge magnets! If you are interested in a moneymaking idea, try this: Remove the drive bubble so the discs, drive heads and actuators are visible. Buy cheap ($10) battery operated quartz clock movements from one of those craft stores, along with numbers for the dial. They're intended for making wall clocks out of plates, varnished slices off logs and whatever. You can get them with 1 inch long threaded shafts. Drill a hole for the movement through the center of the disc assembly (obligatory metalwork content). Glue the numbers to the top of the disc to make a clock face. Add a keyhole at the back to hang the thing up with. I've seen such novelty constructs selling for $50 A few years ago, a chap was making clocks out of XT mother boards and trying to sell them at a local flea market, didn't stay in business long. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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John Ings wrote:
On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:49:05 +0000, Mark Rand wrote: I brought about fifty similar disks home from work last week. They are being mined for fridge magnets! If you are interested in a moneymaking idea, try this: Remove the drive bubble so the discs, drive heads and actuators are visible. Buy cheap ($10) battery operated quartz clock movements from one of those craft stores, along with numbers for the dial. They're intended for making wall clocks out of plates, varnished slices off logs and whatever. You can get them with 1 inch long threaded shafts. Drill a hole for the movement through the center of the disc assembly (obligatory metalwork content). Glue the numbers to the top of the disc to make a clock face. Add a keyhole at the back to hang the thing up with. I've seen such novelty constructs selling for $50 I made these out of hard disk platters. Sold them for a lot more than $50.00. http://www.abrasha.com/slideshow/bro...with_bezel.htm http://www.abrasha.com/slideshow/brooches/hard_disk_brooch_with_bezel%20(reverse).htm http://www.abrasha.com/slideshow/bro..._with_dome.htm http://www.abrasha.com/slideshow/bro..._with_cone.htm Abrasha http://www.abrasha.com |
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On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 03:36:01 GMT, the renowned Abrasha
wrote: John Ings wrote: On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:49:05 +0000, Mark Rand wrote: I brought about fifty similar disks home from work last week. They are being mined for fridge magnets! If you are interested in a moneymaking idea, try this: Remove the drive bubble so the discs, drive heads and actuators are visible. Buy cheap ($10) battery operated quartz clock movements from one of those craft stores, along with numbers for the dial. They're intended for making wall clocks out of plates, varnished slices off logs and whatever. You can get them with 1 inch long threaded shafts. Drill a hole for the movement through the center of the disc assembly (obligatory metalwork content). Glue the numbers to the top of the disc to make a clock face. Add a keyhole at the back to hang the thing up with. I've seen such novelty constructs selling for $50 I made these out of hard disk platters. Sold them for a lot more than $50.00. http://www.abrasha.com/slideshow/bro...with_bezel.htm http://www.abrasha.com/slideshow/brooches/hard_disk_brooch_with_bezel%20(reverse).htm http://www.abrasha.com/slideshow/bro..._with_dome.htm http://www.abrasha.com/slideshow/bro..._with_cone.htm Abrasha http://www.abrasha.com I bet you didn't sell them at a flea market, though. ;-) Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |
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william_b_noble wrote:
I know some of you guys like to rescue old computers - I have three western digital hard drives, two are Cavia 21200 (1.2 GB) and one is Caviar 2850 (800 MB). I've tested each of these and formatted them (FAT), and they boot correctly. All are IDE. $6 each. postage is $4 (US priority flat rate envelope) each - I may (note MAY) be able to put two or maybe even all 4 into one envelope if you want more than one. These are good drives for an older computer, and I believe some of the automated machine tools use these as well - contact me off the list if interested. THe frames are somewhat reasonable metal to melt down, magnets and such... :-) Martin -- Martin Eastburn, Barbara Eastburn @ home at Lion's Lair with our computer NRA LOH, NRA Life NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder |
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"Abrasha" wrote in message
news:w43Cd.742852$mD.548888@attbi_s02... John Ings wrote: On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:49:05 +0000, Mark Rand wrote: I brought about fifty similar disks home from work last week. They are being mined for fridge magnets! If you are interested in a moneymaking idea, try this: Remove the drive bubble so the discs, drive heads and actuators are visible. Buy cheap ($10) battery operated quartz clock movements from one of those craft stores, along with numbers for the dial. They're intended for making wall clocks out of plates, varnished slices off logs and whatever. You can get them with 1 inch long threaded shafts. Drill a hole for the movement through the center of the disc assembly (obligatory metalwork content). Glue the numbers to the top of the disc to make a clock face. Add a keyhole at the back to hang the thing up with. I've seen such novelty constructs selling for $50 I made these out of hard disk platters. Sold them for a lot more than $50.00. http://www.abrasha.com/slideshow/bro...with_bezel.htm http://www.abrasha.com/slideshow/brooches/hard_disk_brooch_with_bezel%20(reverse).htm http://www.abrasha.com/slideshow/bro..._with_dome.htm http://www.abrasha.com/slideshow/bro..._with_cone.htm Abrasha http://www.abrasha.com You must be a very good salesman. |
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On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 03:36:01 GMT, Abrasha wrote:
John Ings wrote: On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:49:05 +0000, Mark Rand wrote: I brought about fifty similar disks home from work last week. They are being mined for fridge magnets! If you are interested in a moneymaking idea, try this: Remove the drive bubble so the discs, drive heads and actuators are visible. Buy cheap ($10) battery operated quartz clock movements from one of those craft stores, along with numbers for the dial. They're intended for making wall clocks out of plates, varnished slices off logs and whatever. You can get them with 1 inch long threaded shafts. Drill a hole for the movement through the center of the disc assembly (obligatory metalwork content). Glue the numbers to the top of the disc to make a clock face. Add a keyhole at the back to hang the thing up with. I've seen such novelty constructs selling for $50 I made these out of hard disk platters. Sold them for a lot more than $50.00. http://www.abrasha.com/slideshow/bro...with_bezel.htm http://www.abrasha.com/slideshow/brooches/hard_disk_brooch_with_bezel%20(reverse).htm http://www.abrasha.com/slideshow/bro..._with_dome.htm http://www.abrasha.com/slideshow/bro..._with_cone.htm Abrasha http://www.abrasha.com Hmm, I could do that and still get the fridge magnets. Everyone's a winner :-) Mark Rand RTFM |
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