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Subject: Re: IBM, this is 4 u
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Date: Wed, 8-Apr-87 18:37:43 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  8 18:37:43 1987
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> >Maybe the 3.5" disks were destined to become the new standard,
> >but making that change with these new machines was really rotten.
> 
> I could take issue with this statement too. The smaller disks are faster
> and offer 2 to 10 times as much storage.
> 
>    Steve Blasingame (AT&T Oklahoma City)     bsteve@gorgo.att.com

Please don't exaggerate.  The new 3.5" disks offer 0.6 to 4.0 times
as much storage, not 2 to 10.  (Comparison between existing 5.25"
disks in 360K and 1.2M capacities, and new 3.5" disks in 720K and
1.44M capacities: 720/1200 = 0.6; 1440/360 = 4.0.)
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