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Also remember that popular home computers often went from say ZX Spectrums (Cassette) to Amiga/Atari ST (3.5 floppy) - so there was no intermediate 5.25 floppy
by gushie 6y ago
Also remember that popular home computers often went from say ZX Spectrums (Cassette) to Amiga/Atari ST (3.5 floppy) - so there was no intermediate 5.25 floppy stage.
- timthorn 6y agoIt's pedantry and missing your point about progression to 3.5", but given this is wallowing in retro - you can't forget that the ZX Spectrum went to Microdrive and then, with the Spectrum+3, to the 3" (not 3.5") floppy :) https://www.sintech-shop.co.uk/zx-microdrive/a-3035/ https://www.sintech-shop.co.uk/zx-microdrive/a-3035/ https://www.dataserve-retro.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d56.html https://www.dataserve-retro.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d56.html
- dade_ 6y agoSame here, Commodore V20 cassette & cartridge to Tandy 1000TL/2 3.5” single density.
- octorian 6y agoThat's gotta be a European thing. In the US, cassette drives were pretty much non-existent (in favor of 5.25" floppy drives) from at least the mid-80's onward, at least. I personally have absolutely no memory whatsoever of ever seeing anyone actually use a cassette drive to load programs on a computer. (though I did read about it in books on occasion). And I was a kid during the era of the Apple IIe's popularity, with machines of its ilk being my first exposure to computers. Even into the 386/486 era, at least before CD-ROM drives were commonplace, it was common for computers to have both 5.25" and 3.5" drives and to find software in either format.