> On 21 Jul 2017, at 11:46, Liam Proven via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > I was aware of Twiggy disks, Hitachi 3" as used in Amstrad and Tatung, > and of one that I think Fred _didn't_ mention: the 2" 720 kB diskettes > used in the Zenith Minisport: > > http://oldcomputers.net/zenith-minisport.html > > ... but none of the rest. > > We all know what 3.5" diskettes were called in South Africa, right?
Yep :) I have a Facit9911 2 11/16” (or 70mm in new money) microfloppy drive with a mahoosive interface module which google turns up precisely nothing about. I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned it here before but even a search of the archive turns up nothing. See pic - http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/facit9911MicroFloppy.jpg — Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs - Celebrating Computing History from 1972 onwards
