8 inch floppies

[Chuck Guzis]

On 12/13/19 5:11 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:

> I never saw any flippies commercially made but many
> companies made punches for flippy 5.25" disks.  I always
> had to make my own for 8".
> 

They were standard products.  Let's see if I can find a period ad...

Well, not an ad, but a precise description:

http://bitsavers.org/pdf/3M/3M_Diskette_Reference_Manual_May83.pdf

Page 8, top illustration.  3M added an "R" to the stock number for
"reversible".  I have a few in my stash.

--Chuck