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Old 07-25-2004, 01:12 PM   #1
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Question this may be dumb, BUT...

What is the biggest size floppy disc that they make? (storage size that is)
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Old 07-25-2004, 01:27 PM   #2
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2.88MB...but I haven't seen any in years.

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Old 07-25-2004, 01:38 PM   #3
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2.88mb, and that requires a 2.88mb floppy drive and bios support.
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Old 07-25-2004, 01:45 PM   #4
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Imation used to make what they called I believe a "super disc" . It looked like a normal floppy drive the special discs could hold a 100meg. And it could read normal floppies also.
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