Re^2: Perl Module Stripping

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Re^3: Perl Module Stripping by rhesa (Vicar) on Apr 19, 2006 at 22:25 UTC
According to Wikipedia, that was the biggest size. "The result was a read-only, 8-inch (20 cm) floppy they called the "memory disk", holding 80 kilobytes". Heh. I seem to remember seeing 12" disks as well somewhere, but I might be confusing them with vinyl. But no, they really existed!	[reply]
Re^4: Perl Module Stripping by spiritway (Vicar) on Apr 20, 2006 at 05:27 UTC
I remember seeing 12" floppies, too - a very long time ago... But even back then, I think they were becoming obsolete.	[reply]
Re^3: Perl Module Stripping by marto (Cardinal) on Apr 19, 2006 at 22:28 UTC
<joke>Great, this is Justin_BSI's first post here and you start talking about the size of your Wang</joke>	[reply]
Re^3: Perl Module Stripping by jdtoronto (Prior) on Apr 20, 2006 at 15:20 UTC
Yes, IBM had a 12" version. Well I recall wokring on CP/M and MP/M machines and Intel development systems that all had 8" drives. Initially Shugart single sided drives, but as time went on, double sided, double density, high density and half-height drives became common. Of course once the IBM-PC popularised 5 1/4" drives it was all over for the 8" types. jdtoronto	[reply]