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Ran across an absolute time capsule of Y2K tech history today—a completely intact, factory-issued Toshiba BIOS Update Mailer Kit sent out in December 2000.

Most of these physical recall mailers ended up straight in the trash 25 years ago after the update was run, but this set survived in incredible condition.

The disk is fully operational—I've already tested it, verified it reads without error, and successfully created a clean floppy image of the media for preservation.

The Full Set Includes:

• OEM 3.5" Floppy Disk: Version BU V1.11A (12/00) with Toshiba’s era-specific "choose freedom" branding. Fully operational and imaged.
• Customer Service Notice: Official letter detailing the critical thermal/cooling management fix for Satellite 1600-series portables (1605CDS, 1625CDT, 1675CDS, 1695CDT).
• Software License & Export Terms Booklet: Complete with all the classic late-90s/early-2000s legal disclaimers and export control notices.
• Original Factory Window Envelope: Printed from Toshiba America Information Systems in Irvine, CA with the red "Important BIOS Update Enclosed" header.

Just wanted to share a quick piece of physical media preservation with the community. Nothing beats the smell of 26-year-old factory paper and magnetic media!

Every Christmas I do a good deed by pricing a single item below the competition with offers open. Several years ago I had a bunch of micro SD cards. One day I got an offer and he sent a message with the offer. "Please work with me. This is all I have in my account". I accepted the offer and a few minutes later I got a message from him saying that he was working with his girlfriend to get her logged into her account so they could send me an offer for the last one.

I asked him how he was going to be using the card (phone, security camera, etc.) and he told me that there had been a string of break ins in his neighborhood and the cards were going in two 4k security cameras that he had just bought. I told him to tell his girlfriend to hold onto her money because with it being this close to Christmas she is going to need that money sooner rather than later and that I would just send him my last card for no cost.

Feedback like this is my reason for getting out of bed every morning.