BBS: TELESC.NET.BR Assunto: Re: 3.5 Floppies De: MIKE POWELL Data: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:33:00 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- > BO>My first real computer job was with a Honeywell-Bull VAR. They had 8 inch > >floppy discs on some of their DPS mini and maimframe computers.. Looked jus > >like a 5.25 inch floppy only bigger. > I've never seen an 8 inch one. Some were probably still around when > I got into computers (1983) but likley those bigger ones were more > corporate than for home use, and it was me who bought and set up > the computers at the company where I was working at the time rather > than me having to adapt to what they were using. I found some 8" install diskettes, for some long retired software package, while cleaning out a storage area at work. Not even sure what platform... mainframe or PC... they were for. We had no drives in the office for that size, and I have never seen one in the wild. I hung onto them for a while... I had a shelf or two dedicated as a "museum" to old tech I had found around the office over the years. At some point during an office move I got rid of them. Mike * SLMR 2.1a * If it's Tourist Season, howcum we can't shoot 'em, Pa? --- BgNet 1.012 moe's tavern * 1-502-875-8938 * moetiki.ddns.net:27 ----------------------------------------------------------- [Voltar]