That’s the first time I’ve ever read the measurement “microinches”
summa_tech•7h ago
You see it used sometimes for plating thickness, for instance gold plating on PCBs or connectors.
userbinator•7h ago
1/1000th of a thou.
commandersaki•7h ago
Back when things came with real documentation.
billfor•6h ago
It's interesting that the index hole is not on y-axis, if it is actually used to allow operations. I used all my SS 5.25" as DS just by flipping them I think, and they just worked. You weren't supposed to do that, but all the SS diskettes were coated on the other side, so you just fliped it and it would work, but it wouldn't be certified for that use case.
teddyh•6h ago
From what I heard, the index hole was not used except by extremely old systems; i.e. IBM PCs never used them.
zkmon•5h ago
Includes a bit about manufacturing process and disk writing as well. Amazing!
herpessimplex10•4h ago
For all of computing eternity, the only person I've ever heard refer to it as a "diskette" is icon-lady Susan Kare.
proactivesvcs•4h ago
At 1,685,278 bytes this almost fits on within the hallowed 1.44 megabytes. Maybe the front and rear covers can be discarded?
alentred•2h ago
Just recently I wanted to show my kids the 5.25" floppy disk - I had a small stack somewhere, but could not find it. I have finally found an 3½" floppy and have shown it to my kids (14 y.o. max). Evidently they never used such a thing, but I was genuinely surprised they didn't even know what it was. After a considerable amount of time one of my daughters hesitated but said something like: "Wasn't it like old USB stick thingy?". Given they have no USB stick either that's not bad, I guess. Then I proceeded to explain that a floppy disk is pictured on Save buttons - you just had to see their faces, it was a moment of the big revelation.
integricho•4m ago
Since they have never seen floppy disks before, why were you surprised that they did not recognize what they were?
glgrau•1h ago
such a clean documentation, that's actually inspiring
mrblampo•10h ago