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Re: 32MB is size???
- Subject: Re: 32MB is size???
- From: dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)
- Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 22:04:03 +1200
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Linards Ticmanis <ticmanis@gmx.de> wrote:
> Paul Schlyter wrote:
>
> > Depends on what kind of floppy disk you use ... ZIP disks can store
> > 100 or 250 MBytes, and a JAZ disk can store 1 GByte. Each of these
> > will be able to store multiple ProDos volumes 32 MB each.
>
> I have to admit I didn't think of those. Personaly I wouldn't call ZIP
> disks etc. "floppy disks". I know that that's probably not correct, but
> I'd always refer to them as "ZIP" disks etc, not as "floppies". But
> maybe that's just me.
No, it isn't just you. I've never heard of a Zip disk being described as
a "floppy disk", even if the media is flexible. The term generally used
for this class of storage is "Removable Media".
A Jaz disk certainly can't be regarded as a "floppy disk", because it is
rigid.
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David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz