2.5" floppy -- from what gear?

David Cantrell david at cantrell.org.uk
Mon Jan 24 05:09:25 CST 2005


On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 10:28:52AM -0500, Joe R. wrote:
> At 05:45 AM 1/21/05 +0000, you wrote:
> >Steve Jones wrote:
> >> There's a 2.5" Panasonic floppy drive that's popped up on 
> >> ePay today. What commercial gear shipped with 2.5" floppies?
> Some of the Amstrads shipped with either a 3" or 2 1/2" drive. Don't
> remember which, it's been a long times since I've seen one.

3", and if anyone wants any disks I *think* I should still have some
lurking in a cupboard.

I believe that they were also used by some species of navigational
equipment popular with North Sea fishing boats.

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