floppy drive protection thingy...

[Charlieman]

I have (or at least had) one of those things. But I think mine came from IBM. I was always a bit dubious about its value.

Yesterday, I had a meeting with a tech person from the company that sells the packaging to our PC supplier at work. We experimented with different thicknesses of foam, gave the cartons a good kicking and generally pretended to be employed by a shipping company. At no time did we stuff a yellow piece of plastic into the floppy drive.

 

[funkytoad]

There is one for sale with this Mac Plus on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1980s-Macintosh-Mac-PLUS-1MB-Computer-w-extras_W0QQitemZ120123078888QQihZ002QQcategoryZ80286QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[The Macster]

Crazy bidders! 8-o $150 for that?!

Interesting though that they changed the bits that go with it over time - the manual, system discs and cardboard box containing the documentation are all slightly different on mine. Also, how come that one has the very old stickers - were they still using that font when the first Pluses were built? That one must be one of the original ones as isn't that the bag that came with the original Macs, whereas mine is the newer black bag.

 

[funkytoad]

Yeah, I found that proce shocking!

I belive what you said about the bag and stickers is true.

I am searching for a Mac Plus myself, BUT NOT AT THAT PRICE!