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		lanna on July 13, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: German Navy still uses 8-inch floppy disks, workin... You got 5" and 8" mixed up

simonblack on July 14, 2024 [–]

Nope. CP/M software distribution standard floppy size was 8". (SSSD = IBM 3470 standard)

I had gone from North Star DOS (5") floppy to CP/M (8").

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