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

From: melamy_at_earthlink.net <(melamy_at_earthlink.net)>
Date: Fri Jun 4 18:00:33 2004

from someone who has a hard type forgetting things like that...

extended was memory past 1meg and expamded was a memory slot
inside the 1meg space

sigh

best regards, Steve Thatcher

>--- Original Message ---
>From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
>To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech_at_classiccmp.org>
>Date: 6/4/04 3:33:57 PM
>
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 - 18:00:33 BST