Joe Landman wrote:
andrew holway wrote:
you should all be ashamed. Especially after all that talk of paper
tapes and computers that made heavy clunking sounds etc. I have never
even used a 5 1/4 inch floppy in anger.
[must ... resist ... urge...]
5.25 inch floppy? Luxury!
[must ... stop ... now....]
Ah, but I've used (and flung) 8" floppies, usually in either anger or
anguish. And remember when "maximum Maytag" described a hard seek cycle
rather than a washing machine. Oh, yeah: The washing machine was
considerably lighter than the disk drive described by the term.
--
Gerry Creager -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University
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