Floppy disks again

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Mon Oct 4 20:14:36 1999

<> I have em. Both 10 sector NS* format (no even for $20 I dont give them
<> up) and also some of my TI99/4a likely others that I'd have bought aroun
<
<Wow! What brand of diskettes were they? All the NS diskettes I've seen
<have the standard windows, but I think they were just 3M and Verbatim
<diskettes.

Actually a mix of NS* hard sector and some soft sector, Shugart, dysan,
Verbatum, memorex and 3M, looking at them. It's a standards thing. At
the time 1978 35 track was the standard, 40 wasn't far behind but it was
different in that the media had to have a longer opening to work right.

Allison
Received on Mon Oct 04 1999 - 20:14:36 BST