2.5" floppy -- from what gear?

From: Joe R. <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Tue Jan 25 16:17:46 2005

At 11:09 AM 1/24/05 +0000, you wrote:
>On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 10:28:52AM -0500, Joe R. wrote:
>> At 05:45 AM 1/21/05 +0000, you wrote:
>> >Steve Jones wrote:
>> >> There's a 2.5" Panasonic floppy drive that's popped up on
>> >> ePay today. What commercial gear shipped with 2.5" floppies?
>> Some of the Amstrads shipped with either a 3" or 2 1/2" drive. Don't
>> remember which, it's been a long times since I've seen one.
>
>3", and if anyone wants any disks I *think* I should still have some
>lurking in a cupboard.
>
>I believe that they were also used by some species of navigational
>equipment popular with North Sea fishing boats.

  I've found 3" drives in MilStd-1553 bus analyzers made by Loral.

  Joe
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