Board:   [DoveNet] Hardware/Software Help
Subject: Re: 3.5 floppies
From:    Rob Mccart
Date:    Mon Feb 23, 2026 07:51

@VIA: CAPCITY2
BO>My first real computer job was with a Honeywell-Bull VAR. They had 8 inch
  >floppy discs on some of their DPS mini and maimframe computers.. Looked just
  >like a 5.25 inch floppy only bigger.

I've never seen an 8 inch one. Some were probably still around when
I got into computers (1983) but likley those bigger ones were more
corporate than for home use, and itwas me who bought and set up
the computers at the company where I was working at the time rather
than me having to adapt to what they were using.

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