1996-06-14 - Re: PBS show
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From: “Declan B. McCullagh” <declan+@CMU.EDU>
To: jimbell@pacifier.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-06-14 10:23:17 UTC
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From: "Declan B. McCullagh" <declan+@CMU.EDU>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 18:23:17 +0800
To: jimbell@pacifier.com>
Subject: Re: PBS show
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Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 13-Jun-96 Re: PBS show by jim
bell@pacifier.com
> The original Apple II floppy held ONLY 90 kilobytes on a 5" floppy. How did
> they do such a bad job?
The original Apple II floppy disk drive held 143KB, though you could use
extra tracks if you were ambitious. The drive was a marvel, and was
considerably ahead of its competition. I remember the Commodore 64
drives (1541?) that were just plain slothful.
You could also use the other side of the disk, of course!
-Declan
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