Subj : Re: floppy disks
To   : STORMTROOPER
From : Cougar428
Date : Mon May 12 2025 11:08 am

-=> Quoting Stormtrooper to Cougar428 <=-

 Co>  3.5" floppies also came with only one hole, 720K floppies - then came
 Co>  the 1.4M floppies with holes on both sides.

 St> Some of the floppy drives are smart enough to check the disk capacity
 St> before letting you format it. They'd either refuse to format
 St> incorrectly or ejaculate the disk instead of trying to work with it. 
 St> Not sure if this happened in the PC world... they tended to be more
 St> maniacal.. Most of the Apple equipment of the age was more
 St> civilised... motorised eject.  But even on these in moments of
 St> desperation you could take drill to the floppy case :P 

 Oh no, not one of those PC versus Mac debates with the name calling!

 Wait, did you say ejaculate the disk? You call that civilized? :))

.... I was on a roll till I slipped on the butter.

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