Is he also in the UK? Details or dates would help. Did he say it was a floppy
like disk or just disc like a platter? I have to look around but i actually
have something that sounds like it but I've never looked up what it really was.
Figured it'd be disappointing and newer than it looks lol. I d
st one Jim
published.
Tom
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From: Jules Richardson [mailto:jules.richardso...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 12:03 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: 12" Floppy Disks
On 09/15/2015 03:39 AM, Adrian Graham wrote:
> Morni
On 09/15/2015 03:39 AM, Adrian Graham wrote:
Morning folks,
I've been contacted by a teacher who's looking for any information about
12" floppies. Am I imagining that they really existed? I'm sure I've seen
one or seen adverts for them, maybe at Bletchley Park. Others he's
contacted think he's g
On 2015-09-15 20:25, Paul Koning wrote:
On Sep 15, 2015, at 2:19 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
On 2015-09-15 19:03, Paul Koning wrote:
On Sep 15, 2015, at 12:28 PM, tony duell wrote:
...
AFAIK the RK04 never existed. The RK02 and RK03 were re-badged Diablo Model 30
drives, the 02 being low
> On Sep 15, 2015, at 2:19 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>
> On 2015-09-15 19:03, Paul Koning wrote:
>>
>>> On Sep 15, 2015, at 12:28 PM, tony duell wrote:
>>>
>>> ...
>>> AFAIK the RK04 never existed. The RK02 and RK03 were re-badged Diablo Model
>>> 30
>>> drives, the 02 being low density an
On 2015-09-15 19:03, Paul Koning wrote:
On Sep 15, 2015, at 12:28 PM, tony duell wrote:
...
AFAIK the RK04 never existed. The RK02 and RK03 were re-badged Diablo Model 30
drives, the 02 being low density and the 03 high density. The RK05, very well
known
was a DEC drive of the same capacity,
> On Sep 15, 2015, at 1:11 PM, tony duell wrote:
>
>
>
>> There was also an RK08, as I recall -- same platter as the RK11/RK05 but 16
>> sectors per track instead of 12.
>
> I thought the RK(0)8 was the controller for a PDP8 system. I have an RK8E in
> my PDP8/E, it links to
> a normal RK05
> There was also an RK08, as I recall -- same platter as the RK11/RK05 but 16
> sectors per track instead of 12.
I thought the RK(0)8 was the controller for a PDP8 system. I have an RK8E in
my PDP8/E, it links to
a normal RK05 drive.
It does indeed use 16 (hard) sector packs, unlike the 12 s
> On Sep 15, 2015, at 12:28 PM, tony duell wrote:
>
> ...
> AFAIK the RK04 never existed. The RK02 and RK03 were re-badged Diablo Model 30
> drives, the 02 being low density and the 03 high density. The RK05, very well
> known
> was a DEC drive of the same capacity, physical track format, etc a
> > I wonder if he's thinking of the 14" hard disk cartridges, perhaps the
> > front loading
> > ones used in things like the RK05 drive.
>
>
> I have the platters from one of these drives. One of the "youngsters"
A fair number of list members have such drives, still operational. If I crane
my
> The PLATO IV terminals (the hardwired Magnavox ones, not the later
> microprocessor based
> ones) had an optional "Audio player". That used a floppy disk of about that
> size, storing
> analog audio snippets (in analog form, not digitized -- remember, this was
> around 1972).
> Seek was
In this day and age, nothing surprises me.
The question also hinges on the nationality and age of the questioner.
A common 5.25" floppy is about 13 cm in size. Perhaps the young teacher
didn't have his units correct.
People often don't believe me when I tell them that the floppy disc
actual
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 7:27 AM, tony duell wrote:
> >
> > I've been contacted by a teacher who's looking for any information about
> > 12" floppies. Am I imagining that they really existed? I'm sure I've seen
> > one or seen adverts for them, maybe at Bletchley Park. Others he's
> > contacted th
> On Sep 15, 2015, at 4:39 AM, Adrian Graham wrote:
>
> Morning folks,
>
> I've been contacted by a teacher who's looking for any information about
> 12" floppies. Am I imagining that they really existed? I'm sure I've seen
> one or seen adverts for them, maybe at Bletchley Park. Others he's
>
>
> I've been contacted by a teacher who's looking for any information about
> 12" floppies. Am I imagining that they really existed? I'm sure I've seen
> one or seen adverts for them, maybe at Bletchley Park. Others he's
> contacted think he's getting confused with 12" laser discs but I'm not so
May be he's a fisherman :) They tend to oversize everything :D
Messaggio originale
Da: Fred Cisin
Data:15/09/2015 14:01 (GMT+01:00)
A: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
Oggetto: Re: 12" Floppy Disks
On Tue, 15 Sep 2015, Adrian Gra
On Tue, 15 Sep 2015, Adrian Graham wrote:
Morning folks,
I've been contacted by a teacher who's looking for any information about
12" floppies. Am I imagining that they really existed? I'm sure I've seen
one or seen adverts for them, maybe at Bletchley Park. Others he's
contacted think he's getti
I'm almost sure that he's thinking in one 5 1/4" of 1.2 mb capacity.
Kind Regards
Sergio Pedraja
2015-09-15 10:51 GMT+02:00 Eric Smith :
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 2:39 AM, Adrian Graham
> wrote:
> > I've been contacted by a teacher who's looking for any information about
> > 12" floppies. Am I
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 2:39 AM, Adrian Graham
wrote:
> I've been contacted by a teacher who's looking for any information about
> 12" floppies. Am I imagining that they really existed? I'm sure I've seen
> one or seen adverts for them, maybe at Bletchley Park. Others he's
> contacted think he's g
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