I guess we'll leave the definitive answer to Pat Naughtin.

However, it's worth pointing out that the 5.25" diskettes were a genuine
5.25", whereas the so-called 3.5" diskettes are actually 90 mm.

Because Windows XP allows you to change the name of a disk drive, I have my
laptop's A drive labeled (in Windows Explorer) as "90 mm Diskette." (You can
do that with Windows 2000 and Windows ME, too.)

Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]


>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Behalf Of Stephen Gallagher
>Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 09:45
>To: U.S. Metric Association
>Subject: [USMA:29895] Floppy Disks in Australia
>
>
>Does anybody know how 3.5 inch and 5.25 inch floppy
>disks were marketed in Australia.  Were they marketed
>with metric or imperial sizes and, more importantly,
>how does/did the public refer to them.
>
>Just wondering.
>
>Stephen
>
>P.S.  This may have been posted twice.  Sorry.

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