Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Snidely Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english,alt.english.usage Subject: Re: Floppies Followup-To: alt.usage.english Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:42:06 -0700 Organization: Dis One Lines: 21 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> <9DOdncYo-vBzE1r1nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com> Reply-To: snidely.too@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 19:42:39 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="695c2f45b7cb61dd63f7186cfbfdce2f"; logging-data="2274057"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18YYLv3CowJJvJYfIAqidOx2OpJTt9KPQw=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:FtrJSutNEGXgSi6bENZj6Fdjv58= X-ICQ: 543516788 X-Newsreader: MesNews/1.08.06.00-gb Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:74261 alt.usage.english:1128173 Thus spake rbowman: > On Sun, 14 Sep 2025 23:58:31 -0400, c186282 wrote: > >> Hmmm ... The "-ettes" would imply "small" ... so were there BIGGER >> floppies common before then ??? > > Compared to the 1316 disk pack anything is a 'ette'. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/toepfer/420889929 In the '80s, my employer had a large number of CDC 14" drives with a with fixed platters and a removable cartridge (3" thick, AAFA) /dps "The Kerr-Mudd fellow will tell you that's As A First Approximation" -- The presence of this syntax results from the fact that SQLite is really a Tcl extension that has escaped into the wild.