8" hard sectored floppies

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Thu Jun 3 17:53:50 2004

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Fred Cisin wrote:

> > > > > 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.

Well, I certainly find no reference to that size in their
Diskette Reference Manual - nor to 3.0" either.

                                                - don

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Received on Thu Jun 03 2004 - 17:53:50 BST