5" floppy?.

[Fred Cisin]

> >Virtually EVERYONE who is an ignoranus, or wasn't involved in those days
> >call them 5"

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Antonio Carlini wrote:
> I must be hanging around with wrong class of ignoramus - I've never
> heard
> them called anything other than 5-1/4". Obviously these days I never
> hear
> them called _anything_ ...

As soon as people got into computers who started with 3.5", they started
to get sloppy and call them 5"

> 3" I do have (for some Amstrady thingumies). 3.25" I've never had the
> pleasure to chance upon (although I know they do exist).

3.25" was the Dysan fiasco.  We can tell you a lot more about them if you
want to be bored.


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Grumpy Ol' Fred     		cisin at xenosoft.com