26 Aug
2006
26 Aug
'06
4:58 p.m.
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
(and presumably by 5" you mean what's
commonly
Well 5.25" was the more common, used on just about everything. Looking at the
one currently sitting on the desk, though, I believe that the magnetic disk
itself *is* 5" in diameter, although the jacket's 5.25" (or rather just a
shade under).
5.25" is the common terminology - but you could probably argue that 5" is
equally correct :-)
called 5.25"?)
hmmm, now you have me slightly confused. After sending the
message I did remember the 5.25" disks (as used on BBC's etc.),
but I assumed that 5" and 5.25" were different sizes. what's with 2" and 2.5", wouldn't
they be too
fiddly and/or store too small amount of data
to make them worthwhile?
I'm not sure what their capacity was, but I'd guess at somewhere around 300KB.
I suppose at the time that was large enough to be useful given the supposed
advantages of the small physical size.
But yes, they are fiddly - and more importantly they don't look particularly
robust.
No legend... give me a while and I'll find a link
to a pic of a 12" disk... Robert Bernardo
(Amiga enthusiast) has been pictured with one
at a retro event fairly recently.
That'd be brilliant!
cheers
J.
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