24 Nov
2008
24 Nov
'08
1:35 p.m.
On 24 Nov 2008 at 13:10, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
That's what I would bet on. While the knowledge
that diskettes come in
three primary sizes (8", 5 1/4" and 3 1/2") is common among us geeks,
the general population has entirely forgotten about 8" disks, and
refers to 5 1/4" disks as "those big bendy disks", "five inch
disks",
or similar. Remember all the people that called 3 1/2" disks "hard
disks"?
Why don't those metrificated folks outside of the US talk about 133
mm, 89 mm and 203 mm floppies? What German has even seen an inch
rule?
Cheers,
Chuck