2 Sep
2010
2 Sep
'10
9:24 p.m.
I distinctly remember a dedicated word processing machine that used 2-inch
or 2.5-inch floppies. Does anyone remember what it/they were?
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David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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2 Sep
2 Sep
9:38 p.m.
On 2 Sep 2010 at 21:24, David Griffith wrote:
I distinctly remember a dedicated word processing
machine that used
2-inch or 2.5-inch floppies. Does anyone remember what it/they were?
2.8" maybe? Such as the Smith-Corona PWP?
The Zenith Minisport used 2" floppies, but it was a portable PC, not
a wapro.
--Chuck
9:51 p.m.
On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 2 Sep 2010 at 21:24, David Griffith wrote:
You're right. I was thinking of the Quickdisk. This question was
prompted by my updating http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk to re-add
mention of a 2-inch disk other than the Video Floppy. A client of mine
has a 2-inch disk on his wall that is quite different from a VF and I'm
trying to figure out what it really is. I asked him for a scan of that
disk, so we'll soon see what was what.
By the way, the two articles "Floppy disk" and "History of the floppy
disk" need some work to deal with duplicated material.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
I distinctly remember a dedicated word processing
machine that used
2-inch or 2.5-inch floppies. Does anyone remember what it/they were?
2.8" maybe? Such as the Smith-Corona PWP?
The Zenith Minisport used 2" floppies, but it was a portable PC, not
a wapro.
10:27 p.m.
On 2 Sep 2010 at 21:51, David Griffith wrote:
You're right. I was thinking of the Quickdisk.
This question was
prompted by my updating http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk to
re-add mention of a 2-inch disk other than the Video Floppy. A client
of mine has a 2-inch disk on his wall that is quite different from a
VF and I'm trying to figure out what it really is. I asked him for a
scan of that disk, so we'll soon see what was what.
There was a fellow from China posting a blog entry on Erik's VCF who
asked about a 3" floppy that didn't resemble anything that I'd ever
seen. Plastic jacket, but with a V-shaped cutout that exposed the
media. My guess was perhaps an office machine of some kind, probably
a typewriter. Sadly, his site with the photo has joined the Great
Bit Bucket in the sky.
--Chuck
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