computers, the
service representative came to the site, opened a panel
on the operator console, and changed the 5 1/4" floppy disk. By doing
I think I read somewhere that the 8" floppy was originally designed for
this purpose.
This may be. Yet, this was my introduction to the 5 1/4" format. At the
time,
I worked for Remex, a division of EX-CEL-O corporation, and they made
8" and 5 1/4" inch drives. The year, IIRC, was 1977.
William R. Buckley