16 Sep
2015
16 Sep
'15
11:08 a.m.
To the best of my recollection there never was any production FD greater
than 8-inches, but u don't have to rely upon my fallible recollection since
neither Porter's 1977 nor his 1982 Disk/Trends for FDDs mentions anything
about larger media diameter. The 1977 version was the first one Jim
published.
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Jules Richardson [mailto:jules.richardson99 at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 12:03 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: 12" Floppy Disks
On 09/15/2015 03:39 AM, Adrian Graham wrote:
Morning folks,
I've been contacted by a teacher who's looking for any information
about 12" floppies. Am I imagining that they really existed? I'm sure
I've seen one or seen adverts for them, maybe at Bletchley Park.
Others he's contacted think he's getting confused with 12" laser discs
but I'm not so sure.
Ask him if he remembers whether the disk had a jacket or not, that might
help narrow it down. Was it read-write or read-only? Was it definitely
digital data or perhaps something analog-but-with-a-computer-application?