Old Floppies

[eric©]

I have several of the 8" floppies here, although my drives are still
in storage back in Detroit.

Eric

On 8/30/07, Mike Schwartz <schwartz at acm.org> wrote:
> On 4/27/07, Jim <arizona.anorak at gmail.com> wrote:
> > chip33az at netscape.net wrote:
> > > Gene Holmerud wrote:
> > >> Are they 720kb?  If yes, I'll pay you a little for one or two dozen.
> > >> 720's are usually labeled 2DD and have only one square hole in their
> > >> top-right corner (or botton-left depending upon what you call "up"),
> > >> whereas 1.4Mb are labeled HD and have a square hole in both top
> corners.
> > >>
> > >> Gene
> > >>
> > > I haven't forgotten this.  All of the floppies encountered so far have
> > > been HD.  I've gone through about 6' of stacked floppies.  I still have
> > > a lot more to do :(
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> > Does anyone remember the 8 inch floppies?    Does anybody have one that
> > works?
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> > Does anyone remember the 8 inch floppies?    Does anybody have one that
> works?
>
> I remember them.
> I used them (back in the 1970's) when I worked
>    at TI (in Texas).
> I do not have any.
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> Mike Schwartz
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