What is bigger than a "super Jumbo Colossal" olive? (was: 8" hard sectored floppies

From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
Date: Fri Jun 4 15:33:57 2004

On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 17:03, Fred Cisin wrote:

> But, then, when density was finally increased, "quad density"
> and "super density" were already used up as names, so the
> mindless jerks called it "HD"/"High Density". "HD"/"High Density"
> is MFM at 500K bits per second data transfer rate on a 360
> RPM drive. (Which is exactly what 8" DD was)

Fred, you should stop remembering these things, it's bad for you.


PS: To this day I can't remember which is which, EXTENDED or EXPANDED
memory, thankfully there's no need to any more.
Received on Fri Jun 04 2004 - 15:33:57 BST