Re: 32MB is size???

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <1hd8nnv.to8cvcb0684nN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>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.

OK - but Zip disks are flexible, and they are large enough to hold 32 MB
of data.


>-- 
>David Empson
>dempson@actrix.gen.nz


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