Floppy disks again

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Wed Oct 13 23:01:18 1999

On Oct 13, 8:34, allisonp_at_world.std.com wrote:

> I know when NS* offered
> the DD controller one option was 96tpi twosided drives and it was called
> quad density as it was 800k and the same controller single density on
> a 35track single sided (the introductory format) was a whopping 90k!

I remember *them* well. And I remember the awe at getting Apple DOS 3.3
140K on the same drive (well, same SS 35 tracks, anyway).

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Dept. of Computer Science
						University of York
Received on Wed Oct 13 1999 - 23:01:18 BST

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