11 Oct
2002
11 Oct
'02
1:03 p.m.
I haven't seen a 7.5" diskette.
Assuming that the picture is not to scale,...
The floppy doesn't have an index hole.
The notches on the leading edge are consistent (albeit not accurately
placed) with the write-protect notch of an 8" disk.
Further trivia:
On "The Computer Bowl" a few years ago, Bill Gates' entire team could not
state where the write-protect notch was on an 8" diskette!
For our Computer Faire booth, we used to have a 5' inflatable toy
Tyrannosaurus (wearing a valid admission badge as VP of Marketing) holding
an 8" diskette with a bite out of it. One time, a little kid walked up
and said, "that's not real." My assistant said, "that's right,
it's just
a plastic inflatable." The kid responded, "not that, you dork, that disk
is fake." Bob said, "No, that's a real diskette; they used to make them
like that." The kid rolled his eyes and said, "yeah. right." and walked
away.
On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Bob Shannon wrote:
On the original floppy's being in cardboard...
I have a very ancient Dicom 7 1/2 inch dual floppy disk system, and some
media for those
bizzare Memorex drives. Indeed, they are made from cardboard. Its been
impregnated and
pressed into a composite material, but it clearly is cardboard.
Does anyone on the list know anything about these ancient 7 1/2 inch
Memorex floppy drives?
John Foust wrote:
>Dear Topco,
>
>I've created a web page to publicize and discuss the horrible
>misinterpretation of the facts of the history of computing
>as delivered to thousands of kids on your recent box of
>Corn Puffs. You can see it at:
>
>http://www.threedee.com/jcm/cereal/
>
>I'd like to talk to the person who wrote and designed this box.
>I'd like to offer to serve as a consultant to help you design
>more accurate and more entertaining cereal boxes than this.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>John Foust
>(920) 674-5200
>www.threedee.com/jcm