2 Dec
2008
2 Dec
'08
3:30 a.m.
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 01:29:45AM +0100, Alexander Schreiber wrote:
There have been 3" floppies, IIRC used by some
(Amstrad?) eletronic
typewriters.
Also in Amstrad computers, and a few other minor 8-bit manufacturers. I
believe that Hitachi also used them.
After they stopped being used in normal computers, they were still used
in some marine applications for a while, presumably because they were
more physically robust than 3.5" floppies, and were stocked by some
chandlers on the east coast of the UK for use in the North Sea fishing
fleet.
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