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excerpt: "A handy storage box for MDV cartridges is the little 3 1/8\" x 2 3/8\" x 3/4\" metal box which dispenses \"Sucrets\" cough drops. Each box holds four MDV cartridges. I use one box to hold the four QL PSION programs and additional boxes for data related to the four programs, SuperBasic programs and thier…"
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# Microdrive Cartridge Storage

A handy storage box for MDV cartridges is the little 3 1/8″ x 2 3/8″ x 3/4″ metal box which dispenses “Sucrets” cough drops. Each box holds four MDV cartridges. I use one box to hold the four QL PSION programs and additional boxes for data related to the four programs, SuperBasic programs and thier related data. I use the DIR command to print out a listing for each of the cartridges and stow the listing in the box with the cartridge. This facilitates file search, especially for older programs and data.