5" floppy?.

[Tom Peters]

At 01:54 PM 11/24/2008 -0800, you wrote:
> > > > 5.25"
> > > OK. So it _could_ have been a
> > > typo/thinko/not-know-o/whatever.
>
>On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
> > That's what I would bet on. While the knowledge that diskettes come in
> > three primary sizes (8", 5 1/4" and 3 1/2") is common among us geeks,
> > the general population has entirely forgotten about 8" disks, and refers
> > to 5 1/4" disks as "those big bendy disks", "five inch disks", or
>
>Virtually EVERYONE who is an ignoranus, or wasn'y involved in those days
>call them 5"
>
>
> > similar. Remember all the people that called 3 1/2" disks "hard disks"?
>Also calling them 3" and calling them 3.25".
>I always kept a 3" and a 3.25" disk handy to wave in the air every time
>that error occurred.

We called 'em "Stiffies" <gdrlh>



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