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| From | jeffj@panix.com (Jeff Jonas) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage |
| Subject | Re: Who here still have floppy disk(ette)s? |
| Date | 2023-05-01 10:07 +0000 |
| Organization | ferretronix.com |
| Message-ID | <u2o30i$8la$1@reader2.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <Dumdnfd7pf8gMaX5nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <op.13ejdt2pbyq249@pvr2.lan> |
>> My colony still have IBM PC 3.5" disks
> I have those, 5.25" IBM PC
> and Commodore 64 floppys and 8" DEC floppys.
I volunteer at the NJ Vintage Computer Museum
(a member of the Vintage Computer Federation)
https://vcfed.org/
so all sizes and formats are still in use.
Admittedly, many well used systems
use solid-state drive emulators such as Fujinet
https://fujinet.online/
I personally still have 8" DSDD drives running my Z80 CP/M system.
--Jeffrey Jonas
jeffj@panix(dot)com
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Re: Who here still have floppy disk(ette)s? jeffj@panix.com (Jeff Jonas) - 2023-05-01 10:07 +0000
Re: Who here still have floppy disk(ette)s? Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de> - 2023-04-15 19:49 +0200
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