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From: Fred Cisin [mailto:ci...@xenosoft.com]
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Subject: RE: [cctalk] Re: Wang bar napkin story [WAS:RE: Re: "Revival" of a
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On Sun, 21 Aug 2022, Tom Gardner
On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 7:13 AM Paul Koning via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
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> > On Aug 21, 2022, at 8:35 PM, W2HX via cctalk
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> > I always thought it was interesting how 5 1/4 is 3U (rack units). I
> thought there might have been some relationship to that. But could
> On Aug 22, 2022, at 11:17 AM, Warner Losh wrote:
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> On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 7:13 AM Paul Koning via cctalk
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> > On Aug 21, 2022, at 8:35 PM, W2HX via cctalk wrote:
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> > I always thought it was interesting how 5 1/4 is 3U (rack units). I thought
> > there might
> On Aug 21, 2022, at 8:35 PM, W2HX via cctalk wrote:
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> I always thought it was interesting how 5 1/4 is 3U (rack units). I thought
> there might have been some relationship to that. But could have been just
> coincidence.
For floppies, likely yes. That fact did get used later on, in
On Sun, 21 Aug 2022, Tom Gardner wrote:
Fred:
Please quote the current version of the oral history,
It says:
Porter: Jimmy said that you guys got together with the guys at Wang in a
dark bar one night and, after a
discussion, you decided on the size of what the smaller diskette should be
and
e: Wang bar napkin story [WAS:RE: Re: "Revival" of a
dedicated Micropolis webpage on internet]
BTW, I first heard the story in the late 1980s? My recollection was that it
was in a sidebar in a magazine article. I can't currently find that.
Massaro's denial of it
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Subject: RE: [cctalk] Re: Wang bar napkin story [WAS:RE: Re: "Revival" of a
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https://www.foryourparty.com/cocktail-napkins
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> On Aug 21, 2022, at 4:45 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk
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> On Sun, 21 Aug 2022, Ali wrote:
>> You should just do it and add a teeny tiny disclaimer at the bottom
>> regarding the veracity of the story. It would make for
On Mon, 22 Aug 2022, W2HX wrote:
I always thought it was interesting how 5 1/4 is 3U (rack units). I
thought there might have been some relationship to that. But could have
been just coincidence.
I think that it is related.
I think that the drive (not the diskette) was apparently intended to
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>From: Fred Cisin [mailto:ci...@xenosoft.com]
>Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2022 12:31 PM
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>Subject: [cctalk] Re: Wang bar napkin story [WAS:RE: Re: "Revival" of a
dedicated Micropolis webpage
BTW, I first heard the story in the late 1980s? My recollection was that
it was in a sidebar in a magazine article. I can't currently find that.
Massaro's denial of it
On Sun, 21 Aug 2022, Ali wrote:
You should just do it and add a teeny tiny disclaimer at the bottom
regarding the veracity of the story. It would make for a great gag gift!
Or if you want to get real fancy have a QR code that can be scanned on
each napkin for a site with more detailed
RESENT FOR LEGIBILITY
>I seriously considered getting some custom
>napkins printed up (bars
>sometimes have personalized napkins; 5.25" is
>available, although these
>days, bars usually use smaller, just to keep from
>making rings on the
>tables), with just the outline of a 5.25" disk
>I seriously considered getting some custom >napkins printed up (bars
>>sometimes have personalized napkins; 5.25" is >available, although these
>>days, bars usually use smaller, just to keep from >making rings on the
>>tables), with just the outline of a 5.25" disk jacket >printed on them
On Sun, 21 Aug 2022, Tom Gardner via cctalk wrote:
The only person who ever promulgated the "Dr. Wang bar napkin" story was Jim
Porter who was not in any way involved with the decision as to the size of
the 5½ drive or media size and only began telling his tale many years after
the decision.
The only person who ever promulgated the "Dr. Wang bar napkin" story was Jim
Porter who was not in any way involved with the decision as to the size of
the 5½ drive or media size and only began telling his tale many years after
the decision.
Both Massaro and Adkisson deny there was ever such a
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