Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Hibou Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english,alt.english.usage Subject: Re: Floppies Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 06:43:33 +0100 Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <9fjemlxbio.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6jefmlxb6j.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10884l7$173em$1@dont-email.me> <1089ge2$1fvl9$8@dont-email.me> <10a68ql$16tjt$1@dont-email.me> <68c6bbc5$0$402$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10a6rp4$1d082$5@dont-email.me> <2d9jplxvcn.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10a6t8d$1d082$8@dont-email.me> <4cnjplxbgm.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <101fck52laaigefq5tubi6i7b0qpccmuic@4ax.com> <10a8g9n$1p4o3$1@dont-email.me> <3iednalP7eCU6VX1nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@giganews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 01gsBYL4wbcmTUbaAHyyVAmiwxdVPNP9rb4mBwS/YF4k7djDfZ Cancel-Lock: sha1:vqAialor9WWZu/MDUjp0Q3yBNP4= sha256:K66ZD+SZLpEaoUFr5z66T8+yGq2d/J0vm/6iv8D4jE8= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB, fr In-Reply-To: <3iednalP7eCU6VX1nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@giganews.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:74301 alt.usage.english:1128190 Le 15/09/2025 à 21:16, c186282 a écrit : > On 9/15/25 03:47, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote: >> >> I haven't seen an 8" disc. Long, long ago, in a land far away (from Denmark), our software people used to use them - but then, they also used punched paper tape. (I haven't myself, only punched cards.) > In Denmark in private circles we used >> "floppy" for the 5¼" discs, and we did the same with 3½" discs but >> gradually turned to "diskette". Maybe we said "minifloppy" if there >> could be doubt. I've never heard "micro-" used this way. > >   Saw a news blurb a few weeks ago - the Swedish Navy is >   finally ending its use of 8-inch floppies for important >   mil systems/equipment. Wow ! > >   Why are they still using them ? "Time-tested", "known >   reliability". Military and naval environments are harsh - wide temperature range, vibration, shock from gunfire, condensation, salt fog..., not to mention electromagnetic compatibility - and restrict what can be used. Space is even more demanding.