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		cfontes on Feb 17, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Star wars theme played by a floppy disk hack. No way. A:\ mostly was for those big square ones that could only fit 750k and were thin like a cardboard.

warp on Feb 17, 2011 [–]

750k? That is a pretty uncommon "big square" disk.

(5.25" were 360kB and 1.2MB).

Sandman on Feb 17, 2011 | [–]

5.25 DD was 360 KB, and HD was 1.2 MB. However, there were also QD 5.25 disks which held 720 KB. But there were no 750 KB disks.

Man, I feel so old right now just for knowing that...

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