but 5.25” had been standard for years.
For civilian use but perhaps not in the West German Military. I say West Germany because the ships were ordered in June of 1989 and the Berlin Wall didn’t come down until November.
Europe in general, and Germany in particular, had some very peculiar technology quirks and companies back then.
r_deckard@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I was system operator for an IBM System/36 in the mid-late 1980s and that thing used two 10-slot magazines of 8" floppies for backup.
It was replaced in 1989 with an AS400 that used half-inch tape.
And that backup solution was replaced with an LTO library.