Jasen Betts wrote in a message to George White:

 GW> There were 3" floppies, I've got some here! Amstrad used them in
 GW> it's word processor. I've never come across another use of them
 GW> though...

 JB> Amstrad also used them in the CPC range of Z-80 based home 
 JB> computers.

I'd forgotten about those...

Only ever saw those machines once,  in a Sears store,  and I couldn't get
it to do anything even though it supposedly ran CP/M and that's what I was
using in those days.

 JB> I've never heard of a diffrenet manufacurer using them but I get 
 JB> the feeling they were invented by some other company. (Sanyo? 
 JB> Teac?)

I have one,  someplace.  Can't remember what brand was on it,  though, 
Sanyo sounds right but I'm not certain of it.

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