Questions on the days finds

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Sat Feb 13 21:29:59 1999

On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> I also found two very interesting floppy disks, I think I reconginze them,
> but can't remember the name of the computer I think they go to. They're
> Amsoft CF-2 Compact Floppy disc's. They're double sided for single sided
> floppy disk drives. They measure 3 9/10" x 3 1/10" x 1/5". Both are in
> protective hard plastic cases and the one is still in the shrink wrap!

Those are "Three inch floppies".
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH '3.5"'! (nor with '3.25"' (Dysan) )

They were used in some Amstradt machines, in Amdek add-on drives for Apple
][ and RS Coco, the earliest (prototype?) Gavilans, and in a few Japanese
computers that never made it to the U.S. (some model of Canon???)


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