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Subject: [OM] Re: [OM][OT] 8 inch floppies
From: Johan Malmström <johan.malmstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 08:46:26 +0100
Mickey must mean 1977? The mac was introduced 1984 with a 3,5" floppy.

/ Johan

Den/At 04-03-04 03.06 skrev/wrote "Chuck Norcutt"
<[chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx]>:

> April 1987 was when IBM introduced the first 3-1/2" floppy on the PS/2
> announcment (720KB on the first go).  The Xerox guys must have been
> using up some old stock.
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
> Mickey Trageser wrote:
> 
>> In 1987, the Xerox Baby Star (with the GUI after which Apple modeled their
>> Mac environment) used dual 8" floppies. One to boot and one for
>> applications.

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