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Subject:Re: Floppy disk, diskette or other From:Grant Hogarth <GRANT -at- ONYXGFX -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 17 Aug 1995 10:42:20 +8
Question to the group:
Do you specifically acknowledge the TM/C/etc. for Syquest/Bernoulli et al.
on your disclaimer/copyright page, or do you assume it under the
"all other names are copyright or trademark of their respective owners"
verbiage????
--- re: Marsha Wolicki's message "Floppy disk, diskette or other" ---
> What do you call the storage media you put into your PC?
I use the following terms:
> There is a hard disk inside the case.
Hard drive
> There is a 5 1/4" floppy disk or diskette. Which term do you use?
5.25" Floppy
> Do you call the 3 1/4" removable thing a floppy disk?
> " " " " floppy diskette?
> " " " " hard disk or diskette? "
> " " " other?
3.5" (note size change) disk
Also:
128MB MO disk
230MB MO disk
44 MB Syquest
88 MB Syquest
105 MB Syquest
270 MB Syquest
150 MB Bernoulli
100 MB Zip Disk
1GB Jaz Disk
etc.
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Grant Hogarth, Information Services,
Onyx Graphics Corp. Midvale, UT
God didn't specify where we should put periods in relation to quotation marks.
He spent his time trying to figure out how to make palm trees work and how to
keep the lions from eating all the giraffes.
--Bill Blinn
