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1. Roberta says:

   April 8, 2026 at 3:24 pm

   Hello Michal and all,

   yes, of course. Hopefully you can find the photos here: https://archive.org/download/4.-extra-box-copy

   The boxes with the diskettes are identical. Each box (and I probably have more than 30) has 4 diskettes in it.
2. Roberta says:

   April 8, 2026 at 3:26 pm

   Sorry, this might be a better link

   https://archive.org/details/@wren_noir/uploads
3. Roberta says:

   April 9, 2026 at 10:39 pm

   Hi Michael, I have uploaded them where you suggested. See my account here: https://archive.org/details/@wren_noir

   Each pack comes with 4 diskettes and I probably have way more than 30 (as you can see by the photos). Each 4-pack is the same with the same numbers on the bar code
4. Michal Necasek says:

   April 10, 2026 at 9:30 pm

   The photos look great, but we may have misunderstood each other. By “disk images” I meant images of the data on the floppies. You probably don’t have a working floppy drive that would allow you to create such images, do you?
5. Roberta says:

   April 12, 2026 at 8:31 pm

   Hi Michael, I actually happen to have a working floppy drive. I’ll give it a go and see what I can post here
6. Roberta says:

   April 13, 2026 at 11:02 am

   They couldn’t be opened. https://gyazo.com/4e2b5c0fc6e341fdd0f6ad9706828402
   I think basically I would be okay to throw them away as there is no one who would want them. Would that be correct?
7. Michal Necasek says:

   April 13, 2026 at 11:55 am

   Can your drive read any floppies? Usually unused old disks are readable just fine, though not always. And I don’t think the disks should be using any file system that Windows couldn’t read.

   I wouldn’t mind archiving the disks but shipping might get expensive. Where are you located? I could ask around in case I know someone who is not too far.
8. Roberta says:

   April 13, 2026 at 3:31 pm

   Yes, the drive has read other floppies (the reason I have it is because I discovered 26 year old floppies with photos on them and bought the drive for that. It worked just fine with those diskettes).

   On the label for these Extra! diskettes are the words “Time-Out Copy’ so maybe these were just to try out the system and then they would no longer function unless it was all formally purchased?

   If you know someone in Ireland (County Tipperary, County Clare, or County Limerick would be closest to me), I’d be happy to share them in case someone has an interest and I can spare the plastic from going to the garbage heaps
9. Michal Necasek says:

   April 13, 2026 at 4:44 pm

   I’m sure “Time-Out Copy” means the software will stop working after some calendar date or, more likely, some time (typically 30 or 45 days) after installation.

   Actually, since you’re in Ireland, would you be willing to mail one of the unopened packages to me to Germany? At least that wouldn’t have to go through customs. I’d be happy to cover the shipping costs.
10. Roberta says:

    April 14, 2026 at 1:25 pm

    Oh, that makes sense about the time out and the reason it might not be opening. It sounds like these diskettes might not be of any worth to anyone. However, I can send a pack on to you if you wish

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