You think 5 1/4 floppies are big. They were preceded by 8 inch floppy disks. I used a Fairlight CMI MK1 digital sampler for an album recording in the early 80s and it used 8 inch floppies that spun continually even when they weren't being accessed.


[This message has been edited by Nigel (edited 03-11-2003).]