24 Nov
2008
24 Nov
'08
3:41 p.m.
At 01:54 PM 11/24/2008 -0800, you wrote:
We called 'em "Stiffies" <gdrlh>
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> >
5.25"
> OK. So it _could_ have been a
> typo/thinko/not-know-o/whatever.
On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, 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
Virtually EVERYONE who is an ignoranus, or wasn'y involved in those days
call them 5"
similar. Remember all the people that called 3
1/2" disks "hard disks"?
Also calling them 3" and calling them
3.25".
I always kept a 3" and a 3.25" disk handy to wave in the air every time
that error occurred.