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Charlie Stross@NanoRaptor I am now trying to recall where I left the 2" floppy disks for the Zenith MiniSport I used to own because I think I owe you a photo ...
Alice Averlong🏳️⚧️@cstross @NanoRaptor I've got a couple of those! They're great. Smallest or second-smallest floppy ever designed!
1000millimeter@1000millimeter @foone @NanoRaptor Yep, 720kb DS DD floppies that shrank to 2" diameter (disk) in a case similar to a 3.5" floppy! (Not similar to the 3" also-ran floppy format that Amstrad monopolized.)
@cstross @foone @NanoRaptor Now I realize foone talked about your post on 2" floppies. I thougt he was talking about the one in the initial photo that are WAY smaller than 2"... 🙈🫠
Coles Street Pothole@cstross @1000millimeter @foone @NanoRaptor
🤔 Wild, never knew these were a thing. And I was a grown-ass computer-using adult at the time.
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2018/11/06/history-1989-2-inch-floppy-disk-lt-1-made-by-fujifilm/
🤔 Wild, never knew these were a thing. And I was a grown-ass computer-using adult at the time.
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2018/11/06/history-1989-2-inch-floppy-disk-lt-1-made-by-fujifilm/
History (1989): 2-Inch Floppy Disk (LT-1) Made by Fujifilm
This article was published by the Museum of Obsolete Media. 2-inch floppy disk (LT-1) (1989-early 1990s) The 2-inch LT-1 disc was introduced in 1989 for use in the Zenith Minisport notebook computer, the only device that used it. Although very similar to the 2-inch Video Floppy, the two discs are not interchangeable. The Zenith Minisport […]