i need a image of a diskette
with this sizes:
size 8
size 5 1/4
size 3 1/2
(maybe they are size inches)
i search and search and search
but i cant find them please i
will pass this on monday thx!
Jiskha rock!
Those were referred to as "floppy disks" (although they weren't very floppy!) or diskettes. They were measured in inches.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk
Be sure to scroll down to the chart showing the different sizes, years used, formats, etc.
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/F/floppy_disk.html
Drawings of the 5.25" and 3.5" are shown here, along with explanations.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/floppy-disk-drive.htm
My first two computers ran only on 5.25" diskettes -- program on one, data on the other. No hard drive.
Then my son installed a hard drive in place of one of the 5.25" drives, so I learned to put programs on the hard drive and use the diskettes for data.
Then he replaced the 5.25" with a 3.5" diskette -- the smaller ones held LOTS more data than the larger one did!
My next several computers had hard drives and one A drive (for 3.5" diskettes). One of them also had a zip drive -- http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/Z/ZIP.html -- for zip disks which held an amazing amount of data. I used those only for storage of photos!!
Now everything is on the hard drive, and I back data up to the separate back-up drive, which is simply an external hard drive. No more little diskettes. I use email attachments or "flash drives" if I want to transfer data from one computer to another.
Times do change.
8" drives were often for specifc instruments or application rather than for a PC. The computers attached to Mass spectrometers and ICPOES (a type of optical emission spectrometer) were two I came across that used these in the 1980s. They look like a scaled up version of a 5 1/4" disk.
To find an image of a diskette with specific sizes, you can follow these steps:
1. Open a web browser and go to your preferred search engine (such as Google, Bing, or Yahoo).
2. In the search bar, type the name of the diskette size you are looking for, followed by the word "diskette" and "image" or "picture." For example, if you are looking for a size 8 diskette, type "size 8 diskette image" or "size 8 diskette picture."
3. Press Enter or click on the search button.
4. The search engine will generate a list of image results related to the diskette size you specified.
5. Look through the search results and click on the image that best matches the size you are looking for.
6. Once you click on the image, you can save it to your device by right-clicking on the image and selecting "Save image as." Choose a location on your device where you want to save the image.
7. Repeat steps 2-6 for the other sizes (size 5 1/4 and size 3 1/2) as well.
By following these steps, you should be able to find and save images of diskettes in the sizes you need. Remember to give credit to the original source if you are using the images for any formal purposes. Good luck with your assignment!