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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Who Misses Older Drives? (Re: write protect tab)
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Date: Thu, 20-Feb-86 20:06:39 EST
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One real nice thing about the smaller disks is their hard case.  
This, and the small size, means you can stick a disk in your 
pocket.  Try sticking a 5 1/4 standard floppy disk in your pants 
pocket some day!  Also, they are small enough to fit in a regular 
envelope, and sturdy enough that it might even be safe to trust 
the Post Office with them.  

For example, I am writting a letter to a friend.  When I am at 
home, I can work on the letter on my Mac.  When I go to Caltech 
to visit friends, I can put a copy of the letter on a disk, and 
take it with me.  Then I can use a Mac at Caltech to work on the 
letter there.  When done, I can just drop the disk in an envelope 
( the recipient has a Mac ), stick on proper postage ( around 
$0.39, I think ), and send it.  

With 5 1/4" disks, I would have to be much more careful with the
disk, and I would have to get a floppy mailer to send it.

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Tim Smith       sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim || ihnp4!cithep!tim