Is there a bigger floppy than this???

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Gabriel Knight

Hi all this post probably dosnt belong here but I have got great answers
from here before and now I have a floppy disk question.

Is there a bigger floppy disk than a 203mm x 203mm?
If there is what is it in millimeters so I can look out for one?

I was given one to collect and mount on my wall (yes very odd) but I seem to
think there is a bigger floppy disk out there from memory someone showed me
one and it was half the size bigger or more than the one mentioned.

Thanks
GK
 
Gabriel Knight said:
Hi all this post probably dosnt belong here but I have got great
answers from here before and now I have a floppy disk question.
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Is there a bigger floppy disk than a 203mm x 203mm?
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Nope, that's as big as they get and was the original size.
If there is what is it in millimeters so I can look out for one?
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I was given one to collect and mount on my wall (yes very odd) but I seem to think there is a
bigger floppy disk out there from memory someone showed me one and it was half the size bigger or
more than the one mentioned.
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Must have been something quite obscure if your
memory is correct. More likely it wasnt actually a floppy
but a removable cartridge, with a rigid disk inside.
 
On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:46:12 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:

Must have been something quite obscure if your
memory is correct. More likely it wasnt actually a floppy
but a removable cartridge, with a rigid disk inside.
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I remember those, we used them on the old PDP-11. That brings back
horrible memories.

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Zack

Every operating system out there is about equal. We all suck.
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Zack Aube said:
Rod Speed wrote
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I remember those, we used them on the old PDP-11.
That brings back horrible memories.
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Yeah, specially the Pertecs. If you were standing next to them
when the mains failed, the head retraction mechanism was so
powerful that it retracted with one hell of a bang and you'd be
lucky if you didnt need to change your underwear after that.
 
There are the standard 3 1/2" floppies, and in ancient history there were
originally 5 1/4" floppies.
 
Yep. Still got one.

RL02K-DC with RT11 on it.

To the best of my knowledge (in the business over 35 years), the largest
'floppy disk' I've ever run across is the 8" varity.
 
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