Re: GoTEK SFR1M44-U100...

On 07/16/2018 06:40 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > On 8", notch is write protect; no notch is write enabled. > on 5.25", notch is write enabled; no notch is write protected. > I think that that justifies calling the 8" a "write protect notch", and > calling the 5.25" a "write enable notch". >

Re: GoTEK SFR1M44-U100...

I am reminded of an episode of "Computer Bowl" (TV game show).  Nobody on Bill Gates' team could answer WHERE the write protect notch is on an 8 inch diskette! On Mon, 16 Jul 2018, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: Indeed, I couldn't even tell you. I *do* know where the write *enable* notch is,

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Re: GoTEK SFR1M44-U100...

On 07/16/2018 03:58 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > I am reminded of an episode of "Computer Bowl" (TV game show).  Nobody > on Bill Gates' team could answer WHERE the write protect notch is on an > 8 inch diskette! Indeed, I couldn't even tell you. I *do* know where the write *enable* notch

Re: GoTEK SFR1M44-U100...

On the Lisa "Twiggy" diskettes, they made special provision to get more thumb prints. On Mon, 16 Jul 2018, Eric Smith wrote: :-) I imagine you're aware of the actual reason for the two diametrically opposing jacket cutouts for the read/write heads. I'm NOT sure. I speculate: 1) for users

Re: GoTEK SFR1M44-U100...

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 4:17 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On the Lisa "Twiggy" diskettes, they made special provision to get more > thumb prints. > :-) I imagine you're aware of the actual reason for the two diametrically opposing jacket cutouts for the read/write

Re: GoTEK SFR1M44-U100...

On Mon, 16 Jul 2018, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: The problem with 3.5" floppies for me was the declining quality of the media as manufacturers raced toward the bottom pricing point. IIRC that initially, a box of 10 3.5" DSHD floppies was about $50--at least that's what I paid for a box of

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RE: 360 Technologies selloff

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Re: GoTEK SFR1M44-U100...

On 07/16/2018 07:38 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > I did that on occasion. So did some OS distributions, just to keep the > number of boot diskettes down to just 3 and still be able to boot a > bloated 1990s OS off floppy, plus enough drivers and storage subsystem > to access a CD drive.

Re: GoTEK SFR1M44-U100...

On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 at 06:40, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > And, in the 3.5" form factor, it was fairly straightforward to tweak the > parameters of the format to get 1.7M on a 1.4M disk. I did that on occasion. So did some OS distributions, just to keep the number of boot diskettes down to

Re: GoTEK SFR1M44-U100...

On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 at 05:55, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > > Wow. > > I had no idea that there was a 5¼" disk that held more than 1.2 MB. > > So much history that I'm sure is being lost to time. Me neither -- and I thought I knew a fair bit about floppies. I sometimes misstate things just in

Re: 360 Technologies selloff

They still have am active ebay store, though. Continental Computers Wayne On Jul 15, 2018, at 9:51 PM, Marc Howard via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: I'm not sure Continental Computer is still in business. www.conticomp.com doesn't respond anymore.