8 Mar
2005
8 Mar
'05
8:41 a.m.
Yes, there was such a format for a brief period of time. This format was
pioneered by Dysan (are they even around anymore?). It came out in 1983
(same as the Sony 3.5" and the Hitachi 3"), but never took off. As far
as I know, there was no computer that ever used this format. However,
Apple was considering using it for the Macintosh, but (thankfully for
us) saw the light of day & decided to use the Sony 3.5" (they must have
had bad memories over the "Twiggy" debacle!). If you're looking for
technical data (tracks/sectors, formatted free space, etc.), try a
search engine (search.com).
On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 04:04:15 -0500, "Gene Ehrich"
<gehrich at tampabay.rr.com> said:
I received the following from a friend in California.
Can anyone here help answer the question?
Thanx in advance
=====================================
Have you ever heard of a three and a quarter inch floppy? I never
have,
but that doesn't mean anything. I am being told that between a 5.25 and
a
3.5 there was a 3.25. Ever heard of it??? ------ and if so do you know
anything about it? manufacturer? Used by whom where? etc.?
David M. Vohs
Digital Archaeologist & Computer Historian
Computer Collection:
"Triumph": Commodore 64, 1802, 1541, Indus GT, FDD-1, GeoRAM 512, MPS-801.
"Leela": Original Apple Macintosh, Imagewriter II.
"Delorean": TI-99/4A, TI Speech Synthesizer.
"Spectrum": Tandy Color Computer III.
"Monolith": Apple Macintosh Portable.
"Boombox": Sharp PC-7000.
"Butterfly": Tandy 200, PDD-2.
"Shapeshifter": Epson QX-10, Comrex HDD, Titan graphics/MS-DOS board.
"Scout": Otrona Attache.
(prospective) "Pioneer": Apple LISA II.
"TMA-1": Atari Portfolio, Memory Expander +
"Centaur": Commodore Amiga 2000.
"Neon": Zenith Minisport.