5" floppy?.

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Tuesday 25 November 2008 05:58:33 pm Fred Cisin wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Nov 2008, Jim Battle wrote:
> > This is a really fascinating thread.   I never knew that late 60s sports
> > cars used 5" floppies.  Amazing.  Did such cars use core memory, or did
> > they use the brake drums for storage?
>
> Hmmmm. brake drums and brake disks would be really goood for home-made
> rotating magnetic storage, if only they weren't ferrous

Would they still retain their data,  though,  once you heated them up?



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