Re: 5.25" Disk

[percim@odyssee.net (Mark Percival)]

On 25 Apr 1997 18:02:17 -0400, dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave
Althoff) wrote:

>dwilson (dwilson@mail.nas.com) wrote:
>:  How many k's of memory do 5.25" inch disks hold on average?
>
>On the Apple ][?  143k/side.  Note that Apple ]['s (for the most part...I
>realize that there is all kinds of exotic hardware out there, so no
>blanket statement will be completely accurate) use single-sided 5.25" disk
>drives...to use the other side you need to notch the disk and flip it over.
>
>3.5" disks on the Apple are 800k or (rarely on the A][) 1.44Mb.
>
>By comparison, standard disk sizes in the PC world seem to be...
>5.25":  180/360k, 1.2Mb
         ^^^^^^^^
In addition to these, there also was a 160/320 size too.

>3.5":  720k, 1.44Mb, 2.88Mb
>
>--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Mark R. Percival
Montreal, Quebec
percim@odyssee.net

An Apple II fanatic since 1979.