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Re: floppy capacity question
- Subject: Re: floppy capacity question
- From: KILPATRICK@Tank.CYBERphile.co.uk (Richard)
- Date: 1996/07/15
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Cyberphile
- References: <4ptgpb$45e@news.pacifier.com> <4pu6or$rkn@usenet7.interramp.com> <4s199s$ffa@news.pacifier.com> <4s1uf5$hdv@blackice.winternet.com> <4s3u84$2 <4s6pkd$5k4@rock101.genie.net>
- Reply-to: rtk@scotborders.co.uk
In article <4s6pkd$5k4@rock101.genie.net>, a2pro.gelamp@genie.com says:
>
>KILPATRICK@Tank.CYBERphile.co.uk (Richard) writes:
>
>>BTW, what does FID mean?
>
>well, officially, it's FIle Developer (that's what the DOS 3.3 manuals say)
>but it really stands for Fishead In Disguise. (The program was originally
>called FISHEAD, which probably stood for something, but Apple didn't like
>that name and insisted that it be renamed.)
>
>See the October 1986 (Vol. 2, No. 9) issue of Open Apple. top of the second
>column on page 2.71
>
Thanks! I knew anyway - I was just testing to see how many responses I got
:). So, seriously - where did FISHHEAD come from?
Regards
Richard