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Re: PBS show

To: [email protected], jim bell <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: PBS show
From: "Declan B. McCullagh" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 01:45:10 -0400 (EDT)
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Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 13-Jun-96 Re: PBS show by jim
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> 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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