720RPM 3.5" FDDs?

[bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca]

Fred Cisin wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2009, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> Oh, heck, I recall the differences in the 1960's.  One manufacturer
>> would talk about a 65K or 131K memory and another would talk about a
>> 64K or 128K.  I don't believe that, when it comes to numerable items,
>> such as the number of words a memory device has (as opposed to a unit
>> of measurement) there has ever been any universal agreement.
> 
> "The competition only has 64K, but we have 65.536 K!
> They only have 128K, but we have 131 K!"
> Haven't heard THAT crap for almost 25 years.
> 
> (other than
> "they only have 10.16 megabytes, but we have 10.653696 megabytes!")
> 
But looking back ( binary ) computers all came with 4096 words or 8192 words
standard for the most part. Also a few uS for access too!. Ben.