Memory
"Vir Campestris" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 01/05/2014 23:56, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
I'd ask then why they chose that size? No reason not to make it bigger if
a longer time was needed/possible. Remember it was a completely fresh
concept.
It meant the drive was the same size as the then-standard half-height 5
1/4 inch hard discs and floppies.I know of no other reason for the disc
size.
I doubt that the CD-ROM was envisioned when the CD was invented.
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Max Demian
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