yellow transport sheets (affectionately known at the time as "the piece of cheese")

[butch]

I've been advised by another 68KMLA member that the yellow transport plastic dummy disk that came with a recent purchase of a used Mac Plus was quite valuable and that, even if I decide to send the Mac Plus back, I should think about keeping the yellow dummy disk or selling it.

Can anyone tell me if there's actually a market for such a thing and what the average price might be if I were to sell it?

Many thanks!

 

[finkmac]

i'll give you 5 bucks

 

[Byrd]

They’re not particularly valuable.

 

[obsolete]

I believe they are rare, but rarity does not always imply value. It's kind of a neat artifact, though.

 

[joshc]

Whoever told you it’s valuable is mistaken, it’s not uncommon to see the yellow plastic piece with machines that also come with their box and original manuals and disks, it’s just another small item that’s not worth much at all on its own.

 

[mikes-macs]

Send it back, you’ll feel better about yourself. The demand isn’t that high.

 

[Iesca]

I have managed to end up with two. One came with an 800k drive, and the other with some other disks. They are genuinely useful, but they are not (or should not) be particularly "valuable". I wouldn't even consider them particularly rare, but if you've never seen one before, I can imagine someone thinking they must have hit some kind of jackpot.

 

[jmacz]

I am actually interested in finding a few of them, but like others have said, would not pay a premium for them. Like less than $10 each?

 

[obsolete]

I am actually interested in finding a few of them, but like others have said, would not pay a premium for them. Like less than $10 each?

Seems like something a guy could 3D print without too much difficulty.

 

[Iesca]

Ask and ye shall receive, from thingiverse:

3.5" Floppy Disk Drive Transit Protector by Cucurbitak

While reducing the size of my old computer collection, I've looked for the best way to ship them safely. I have some cardboard ones for 5.25" drive, but none for 3.5".After some research, it seems that if they are not common, they did exist, as presented by Museums...

www.thingiverse.com

 

[jmacz]

Wow… $250………….

Vintage Apple Macintosh Plus - Yellow Floppy Drive Plastic Protector Disk | eBay

Not to put too fine a point on it,BUT THERE ARE VERY FEW OF THEM AVAILABLE FOR ACQUISITION.

www.ebay.com

 

[Iesca]

Yeesh, what nonsense!

 

[dcr]

Wow… $250…

Or "Best Offer."

You never know . . .

 

[jmacz]

Or "Best Offer."

You never know . . .

My guess is maybe they made a typo and meant to enter $25? I wouldn't pay that but someone who really wants it might.

 

[joshc]

That listing says

They were used by Apple in the shipping and storage of Mac Plus's, but only for a short period of time, i.e., several months in 1986.

I don’t think this is true… I don’t know exactly when they started and stopped shipping Macs with them but it certainly wasn’t just the Plus.

 

[stepleton]

Yes, there was certainly one in our Mac Classic when we got it new. Although the Classic's hard drive was (and remains) a 50 MB device by GCC, so I suppose whoever installed that could have put in the dummy disk.