--- Ken Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I've used 8" floppies (in a CPT word processor), but
> > > I've never even
> > > seen a 12" floppy, though I did write a program
> > > using punch cards.
> > >
> >
> > I think he may be talking about those removable
> > platter disks from the old IBMs
> >
>
> Uh no, I wasn't, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk section 8.5
> about 2/3 way down the page, which states:
>
> "12-inch floppy disks -
> In the late 1970s some IBM mainframes also used a 12-inch (30 cm) floppy
> disk, but little information is currently available about their internal
> format or capacity."
>
> Ken
never saw one, but I did work in a 1405, and a 1311 (which ran with a 14-inch
disk, but it was a
flop) - just in case anybody wants to start tracking when the first ones
started showing up...
Jane
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