Floppy disk sizes ( was Re: Compaq Portable III fails POST? )

[Joost van de Griek]

On 8/28/06 10:53 PM, Mike Loewen wrote:

> Some Korg MIDI equipment used a 2.8" QuickDisk:
> 
> http://www.keyboardmuseum.org/ar/k/korg/s/sqd1.html
> 
>     Some Akai samplers also used the QuickDisk. Apparently, these was also
> referred to as 3" diskettes, according to Wikipedia.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk#Mitsumi.27s_.22Quick_Disk.22_3-inch_f
> loppies

QuickDisk drives were also available for MSX computers. The 3" diskettes
used in some Schneider/Amstrad CPC machines weren't QuickDisks but proper
diskettes, though, were they?

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