At 03:23 03/03/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>To the best of my recollection IBM developed the 8" floppy originally
>for updating the microcode on IBM mainframes. The next use was the IBM
>DisplayWriter product, one of the earliest dedicated word processors
>with a display screen (as opposed to typewriter based systems such as
>the IBM MTST and MCST). From there it spread into use in the new field
>of micro computers... especially the S-100 bus machines. I think the
>TRS-80 was one of the last users of 8" diskettes before the 5=1/4's came
>along.
IBM used them on data entry terminals long before the DisplayWriter came
out. I think that was the original application. It was designed to
replace punched card input for mainframe computers.
Panasonic personal computers used them after the TRS-80.
I have several storage boxes for 8" floppy disks in my loft. Maybe I
should put them on the bay to help pay for my OM addiction. Well, they are
rearer than most of the items that say "RARE".
Mike Bloor
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