AOL 1.0 on 5 1/4 Disk!

This is an America Online 1.0 5 1/4 Floppy disk.

I remember my dad grabbed it from some computer show in the early 90s. We didn't have a 3.5 drive at the time so we need everything in this size.

I've seen that article on digg about how someone paid $9,214 for a 3.5 disk. Is this really worth anything?

 

Nope. Nobody ever paid that for an AOL disk.

 

You never know. I can't imagine there'll be many of these around and some people collect weird stuff.

 

Put it up on ebay and see how far it goes....

better yet, show proof that it is readable....

 

For all anyone knows it came too close to a magnet one day and now is empty. Or, like 99% of all AOL 3.5" disks, erased and used for other purposes.

 

AOL has started putting up billboards in my town with their lame new "logo".

I had to double check my phone to be sure that I had not warpped to 1995.

 

Not true... In the past certain aol discs have sold.

http://www.google.com/search?q=aol+disc+eBay+auction&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari

 

That article on digg is an unsubstantiated report that was originally posted in 2006. Somehow it gained traction on digg recently... who knows why. Good luck with your disk though

 

I see plenty of items doing self-referencing as well as reporting the same exact thing verbatim but no screen cap of the actual eBay auction.

Clearly this is legit.

 

The last time I dug it out a few years ago it was still readable. I no longer have a drive to test it on but I've kept it safe so it should still work. I have the files but have not yet installed it on a windows 3 virtual machine to test it out.

I actually did find some 1.0 3.5 disks that had been written over, and then I found more that weren't...

 

:nod:

Pratically all computers i had till 1997, came with these damn 3.5 disks probably because of the modems. I had some from Compuserve as well. Anyway, at that time everything was imported.

When AOL arrived in Brazil, CD-Rom's were already a commom thing. They probably spent a fortune as you could get one of those CD's even if you didn't want one. Magazines, Newspapers, Mail,... Even the Rock in Rio 3 had it as the main sponsor. So you got one by buying the festival ticket, one when you arrived at the event and another when you left. :lol:

 

I had Quantum Link on my C64 on 5 1/4 floppy. QL was teh precursor to AOL...neat bit of history I guess.

 

It'd be great if the disk still worked, but that seems to be the least important part of the item.

 

I loved it when AOL cds came in those small tin cases. I use them to hide utility cds, etc.... AOL 8.0 on them..

 

Thanks for all your responses.

This disk has a lot of sentimental value so I don't think I could ever sell it. It's kind of symbolic of everything my father ever taught me about computers.

Anyway, when I get some more free time I will post pics and info about other stuff that I have that is video game related including, Mission Impossible NES prototype, Mortal Kombat 2 Genesis Sample, and boxes full of Genesis and SNES pirate carts...

 

Yep. I have 3.5" AOL 2.0 and 3.0 floppies somewhere around here, but they were formatted 13+ years ago.