Famicom Disk cases?

[Jibbajaba]

Are the plastic cases used to store FDS disks the same as the cases for Zip disks? I have about 10 empty plastic cases that originally had zip disks in them, and I was going to toss them but I thought that someone who collects FDS games might want them. The dimensions of the cases are:

4 1/8" x 4 1/16" x 7/16"

and they obviously hold 1 zip disk.

Chris

[Gapporin]

I believe that the FDS disks are the same size as a regular floppy disk. So if a Zip disk is the same size as a floppy disk (which, I believe, they are), it probably could work as a holder.

[Jibbajaba]

I believe that the FDS disks are the same size as a regular floppy disk. So if a Zip disk is the same size as a floppy disk (which, I believe, they are), it probably could work as a holder.

Are you sure? I thought that FDS games were bigger that 3.5" floppies. If you are correct, then these go in the bin.

Chris

[rbudrick]

FDS disks are 2.8 inches, and smaller than a floppy. Zip Disks are thicker than a floppy, and I thought its other dimensions were larger too, but I could be wrong.

Technically, the format that FDS disks are based on are 2.8 inches square(they are based on Quickdisks, an obsolete format used in musical keyboards, word processors, some PCs and maybe a couple other things...almost all of these items were Japanese, but some Euro and US items appeared).

FDS disks, while internally identical to Quickdisks, are only 2.8 inches on one side and slightly longer the other way. THis is a hardware copy protection to keep people from using Quickdisks in their FDS drive....a protection method that is easily defeated by several methods. Good luck finding Quickdisks.

-Rob

[Jibbajaba]

FDS disks are 2.8 inches, and smaller than a floppy. Zip Disks are thicker than a floppy, and I thought its other dimensions were larger too, but I could be wrong.

Technically, the format that FDS disks are based on are 2.8 inches square(they are based on Quickdisks, an obsolete format used in musical keyboards, word processors, some PCs and maybe a couple other things...almost all of these items were Japanese, but some Euro and US items appeared).

FDS disks, while internally identical to Quickdisks, are only 2.8 inches on one side and slightly longer the other way. THis is a hardware copy protection to keep people from using Quickdisks in their FDS drive....a protection method that is easily defeated by several methods. Good luck finding Quickdisks.

-Rob

Thanks. In the circular file they wil go.

Chris