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- From: Hamish.Macdonald@x400gate.bnr.ca (Hamish Macdonald)
- Subject: Re: World of Commodore Notes
- In-Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com's message of 15 Dec 92 06:24:41 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.192018.11148@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
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- Sender: news@bmerh85.bnr.ca (Usenet News)
- Organization: Bell Northern Research
- References: <chbeck-081292171539@chbmac01.el.anl.gov>
- <1992Dec09.044440.17073@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <37892@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 19:20:18 GMT
-
- >>>>> I wrote:
-
- me> Regular floppies are 25mm high. The HD floppies are 32mm high
- me> (room for two motors for the 2 different rotation speeds).
-
- >>>>> On 15 Dec 92 06:24:41 GMT,
- >>>>> In message <37892@cbmvax.commodore.com>,
- >>>>> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) wrote:
-
- Dave> Funny, but false. There's only one motor. The HD floppies are
- Dave> built in the standard 3.5" form factor. The 25mm is a newer
- Dave> thing, and the HD drives aren't currently available in that
- Dave> size.
-
- Gosh... Makes one wonder what else your illustrious VP-Eng was
- mistaken about.
-
- Hopefully not the specs for all those wonderful future systems.
-