Nope. 11.313 inches.
At 12:26 PM 7/12/2024, Schmitt, Michael wrote:
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64They're 12" if
you measure the sleeve /diagonally/
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
<[email protected]> On Behalf Of Phil Smith III
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2024 12:19 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Mainframe history - 12 inch
floppiesBBÛÛYHÛÛÙÛ[ÈÝYÙÙ\ÝÈ]\HX[ly were no
12" floppies. I suspect if you grew up with late
"hard" floppies, 8" look enormous, are easily mistaken for 12"!
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
<[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2024 8:51 AM
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Subject: Re: Mainframe history - 12 inch floppies?
On 7/11/2024 9:00 AM, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote:
H\ÝÝ[[ÜX][Û[ÛÛYHÛÚÈ]@BM mainframes used 12 inch
> floppy diskettes. Late 70's.
>
> Anybody heard about such diskettes?
When I first set foot in an IBM-mainframe
computer room, the CPU and peripherals used
8"floppy diskettes for loading the internal code.
I never saw a 12" floppy diskette used.
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