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March 1999, Week 3

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Nick Demos <[log in to unmask]>
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Nick Demos <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 17 Mar 1999 15:31:29 -0500
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Wirt Atmar wrote:
>
> Jim Phillips writes:
>
> > This time the UL inspector here is trying
> >  to copy a floppy disk (at home) and asked me for assistance.  It
> >  seems he is trying to copy a 2MB floppy.  I didn't even know there
> >  was such an animal.  Anyway, what is required to copy these disks?
> >  A special disk drive?  Or just another 2MB disk?  Will a standard
> >  (1.4MB) floppy drive read/write these 2MB disks correctly?
>
> Please read previous post about customer wanting to go to Hippopotamus, NY.
>
OK, Wirt good joke, but wrong answer.  There are > 100 MB
floppies (don't
know quite how high they go).  Of course they require a special
drive and
disks.

NMD

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