Old Floppies

[Bryan O'Neal]

1) Yes, I remember 8 inch floppies.  I even remember changeable 20MB back up disks that had to be wheeled to the server on a dolly.

2) Yes I have 720K 3 & ½ inch floppies.  I even have several working 5 & ¼ inch floppies and a working drive.  What do you need them for?

3) Yes, my wife made me through out nearly everything when I moved, but I have some stuff still lingering in the garage ;)

 

 

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From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Mike Schwartz
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 1:05 PM
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Subject: Re: Old Floppies

 

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.
-- 
Mike Schwartz    
Glendale  AZ 
schwartz at acm.org 

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