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EddieM
Wrong way round. 2Mb pre-format, then 1.44Mb once formatted.
oh ok. fair enough.
Wrong way round. 2Mb pre-format, then 1.44Mb once formatted.
DL you don't have to suffer in silence - there's a blue pill the gp will prescribe that will take care of that issueAsk me where that floppy disk is . . . I dare you.
DL you don't have to suffer in silence - there's a blue pill the gp will prescribe that will take care of that issue
That's interesting I didn't know thatyou don't need a prescription anymore
I preferred the 8 inch floppies, much more fun when used as a HiTech Frizzby ( 80 kBytes )
When would you say that floppies started to be in widespread use?I preferred the 8 inch floppies, much more fun when used as a HiTech Frizzby ( 80 kBytes )
You have to ask for them and answer a few questions from the pharmacist, so my friend tells meyou don't need a prescription anymore
Do you mean external HDD Harry? What was a "Zip" drive? Was that just a drive that turned it into a zip file?They were the very first 8 inch ones, they progressed eventually to a commercial version with a capacity of around 570Kb formatted, though I heard of another format which achieved maybe 1.2Mb. I was toying with ideas of buying into 8" or HDD's at that time.
When would you say that floppies started to be in widespread use?
When would you say that floppies started to be in widespread use?
Do you mean external HDD Harry? What was a "Zip" drive? Was that just a drive that turned it into a zip file?