From: FrankLho.NOSPAM@rcn.com   
      
   On 3/15/2012 9:36 PM, Bice wrote:   
   > Do Commodore 64 discs count?  If so, I'm sitting about five feet away   
   > from a box of them.  Still have the computer and 1541 disk drive too.   
   > No idea if any of it works - I haven't touched it in well over a   
   > decade.   
   >   
   >    -- Bob   
      
   I'm not sure. I do recall hearing that some early workstations used 8"   
   floppies. Also, some of the first IBM/PC's had cassette tape drives,   
   where they would use cassette tapes as ersatz diskettes. Talk about a   
   double dose of obsolete technology!   
      
   --   
   "All things extant in this world,   
   Gods of Heaven, gods of Earth,   
   Let everything be as it should be;   
   Thus shall it be!"   
   - Magical chant from "Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi"   
      
   "Drizzle, Drazzle, Drozzle, Drome,   
   Time for this one to come home!"   
   - Mr. Wizard from "Tooter Turtle"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)