X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,f9b2dfacff44b3e3 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,f9b2dfacff44b3e3 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-07-30 05:29:57 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!gagme.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: fast@PrimeNet.Com (Lee Fastenau) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Talk: REQUEST/Floppies Followup-To: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art Date: 30 Jul 1994 00:07:30 -0500 Organization: Primenet (602)395-1111 Lines: 31 Sender: boba@gagme.wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <31cn6i$7sp@gagme.wwa.com> References: <31blam$jl9@gagme.wwa.com> Xref: bga.com rec.arts.ascii:1010 alt.ascii-art:10702 MJ (gratien@acsu.buffalo.edu) wrote: : A note to David Greene: While your disk IS lovely, it's a 3 1/2 inch, not : a floppy. Very well done, though!!! Anyone got a 5 1/4 inch out there?? :) : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - : .--. .-----------. |\/| | .--. .--. .-----------. .--. : 'o--o' `-o-------o-' | | \__| 'o--o' 'o--o' `-o-------o-' 'o--o' : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sorry to inform you, Mr. MJ... A 3.5" disk is most definitely a floppy disk, as is a 5.25" disk. The word "floppy" is in reference to the actual recording media, which is a ... *ahem* floppy plastic diskette with an oxide coating. Hope this has been a most informative post... I'd hate to see a fellow Internetter go through life calling 3.5" disks "hard disks" by mistake. =============================================== .s888a. The 88 " "88 "May I help you?" "Y88888a. .sP 88 8888a. .sP888 .s888a .s888a SomeCoolJustified ,8 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 TextToFillUpSpace s88888888P" Y8888P 88 s8P Y88888 Y8888P Y88888 fast@primenet.com sssss8P ===============================================