No they isn't, there is a rigid ring holding it so you cannot freely flop it. 😉 But you're missing both the point and the joke.
I am familar with their innards: as a kid we have opened up absolutely everything we had. 😀 8", 5"¼, 1.44, also HDDs from RLL to most recent ones, SSDs, you name it. To flop a disk you need floppy inside as well as floppy outside! 😀
As for Linus, his first computer was a #VIC20 and started on 6502, so I daresay inside of his SinclairQL heart there is a hidden #6502! 😀
@mkarliner Very important though: did the tape FLOP or not? (I have entered the scene at the 8" floppy age, paper tapes and punch cards were already history then.)
@grin No, the tape tore. A lot. And patching code was sometimes exactly that. Putting a new piece over and punching new holes. That was quicker than punching out a hundred metres of tape.
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•Mark Gardner
•grin
•Yes, every Linux machine has a hidden C64 in her heart. 😁
Mark Gardner
•And considering #LinusTorvalds’ history, I’d more likely expect a #Sinclair #QL
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But you're missing both the point and the joke.
I am familar with their innards: as a kid we have opened up absolutely everything we had. 😀 8", 5"¼, 1.44, also HDDs from RLL to most recent ones, SSDs, you name it. To flop a disk you need floppy inside as well as floppy outside! 😀
As for Linus, his first computer was a #VIC20 and started on 6502, so I daresay inside of his SinclairQL heart there is a hidden #6502! 😀
MikeK
•Hmm, back when I was working with paper tape, I lusted after 8" floppies.
That doesn't sound quite right...
grin
•(I have entered the scene at the 8" floppy age, paper tapes and punch cards were already history then.)
MikeK
•No, the tape tore. A lot.
And patching code was sometimes exactly that. Putting a new piece over and punching new holes. That was quicker than punching out a hundred metres of tape.
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