IBM 9331-011 8" External Floppy Drive - eBay 183038271095

Terry Stewart terry at webweavers.co.nz
Thu Feb 1 19:41:46 CST 2018


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> But, you have to tread very carefully.  Because SOMETIMES [now rarely],
> they could mean the PRE-5150 definition where "IBM compatible" meant
> 3740/SSSD 8" with 128 byte sectors.
> 5150 really was a danger to itself and/or others; it totally destroyed the
> meaning ot "IBM compatible" disks.
>

Indeed!   But in this case he did mean MS-DOS compatible.  I asked him if
by IBM compatible he meant MS-DOS compatible and indeed that's what he
meant.

Terry (Tez)


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