19 Sep
2006
19 Sep
'06
3:45 a.m.
>> You would need quite the desktop case to
house an 8" floppy
>> drive! :)
What is more interesting is what a PC with two 8"
drives would
weigh in at! Most of the good 8" drives were a very solid hunk
of aluminum.
There *IS* a (somewhat) PC with dual full-sized 8" drives mounted
in it - the Nec APC:
http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/nec/index.htm
I can tell you that this thing is big and HEAVY - especially the
color one.
Dave
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