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Date:      Wed, 17 Sep 1997 00:35:27 -0400
From:      Richard Scranton <scrantr@ix.netcom.com>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG, dkelly@hiwaay.net
Subject:   Re: questions-digest V3 #420
Message-ID:  <341F5DD1.4A22@ix.netcom.com>
References:  <199709162212.PAA23604@hub.freebsd.org>

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Tandy Model II/16 computers (Z80 and 68k in one box) used 8-inch
drives.  Maybe a local Tandy user group could steer you towards
a "technology historian" still using one?

> > At the very least this should be good for a laugh, but the boss dug up
> > about 50 8" floppies and wants the data off of them and onto modern
> > media. From way back, I recal the 1.2M floppy hardware interface wasn't
> > terribly different from the 8". Where both 8" and 1.2M disks turn
> > 360 RPM vs 300 RPM for 360k disks. Maybe there is a chance an 8" drive
> > can be attached to my FreeBSD system?
> 
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