8" hard sectored floppies

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Thu Jun 3 15:34:38 2004

> > > > I'm almost sure I've seen a 16 hard sectored 8 inch disk someplace.
> > > I suppose that is possible, Dwight, but it may be a surprise to 3M!
> > Although I do not have any examples handy, it would not surprise
> > me at all to find out that there exist SOME media that weren't
> > available from 3M!

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> Stringy floppy?

I never liked that Exatron device.
Imagine a room full of TRS-80s (model I), with students learning
Electric Pencil, and yelling for help every time the drive acted
up.


I don't think that 3M ever made 3.25" (Dysan and Brown)
or 3.25" floppies.

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Grumpy Ol' Fred     		cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Thu Jun 03 2004 - 15:34:38 BST

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