Twiggy floppy
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* [http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Hide_Under_This_Desk.txt Anecdotal story] | * [http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Hide_Under_This_Desk.txt Anecdotal story] | ||
* [http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.1000bit.it/support/manuali/download.asp%3Fid%3D678&sa=U&ei=PKBhUbLXKIL09gSn_YCICw&ved=0CEkQFjAO&usg=AFQjCNFr3t9HH98w_gWgy3s77jo7NGBKQQ Apple patent on Twiggy drive] | * [http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.1000bit.it/support/manuali/download.asp%3Fid%3D678&sa=U&ei=PKBhUbLXKIL09gSn_YCICw&ved=0CEkQFjAO&usg=AFQjCNFr3t9HH98w_gWgy3s77jo7NGBKQQ Apple patent on Twiggy drive] | ||
| + | * [http://www.cultofmac.com/143458/rare-128k-mac-prototype-surfaces-with-5-25-floppy-disk-drive/ Rare prototype Mac with Twiggy drive] | ||
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The Twiggy floppy (officially FileWare) was a nonstandard variety of 5.25" floppy disk used on the Apple Lisa computer in the early 1980s. Apple originally had plans for release of drives for this format for the Apple II line and for the (then-upcoming) Macintosh, but ultimately went in the direction of 3.5" disks instead, leaving the Twiggy as an orphan format.
The Twiggy used media similar to the later 1.2 MB high-density disk format used on PCs, but with the casing holes arranged differently. It used a track pitch of 62.5 TPI, different from the common 48 and 96 TPI used in other formats. The drives were double-sided, and had a capacity of 871,424 bytes per disk. The speed varied from 218 to 320 RPM depending on which track was being read, allowing a near-constant amount of data per inch.
