13 Feb
1999
13 Feb
'99
1:29 p.m.
On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Zane H. Healy wrote:
I also found two very interesting floppy disks, I
think I reconginze them,
but can't remember the name of the computer I think they go to. They're
Amsoft CF-2 Compact Floppy disc's. They're double sided for single sided
floppy disk drives. They measure 3 9/10" x 3 1/10" x 1/5". Both are in
protective hard plastic cases and the one is still in the shrink wrap!
Those are "Three inch floppies".
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH '3.5"'! (nor with '3.25"' (Dysan) )
They were used in some Amstradt machines, in Amdek add-on drives for Apple
][ and RS Coco, the earliest (prototype?) Gavilans, and in a few Japanese
computers that never made it to the U.S. (some model of Canon???)
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