Talk:Floptical

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While fine in content, I can't see this growing into anything more than a stub. All the information that could be added to it probably already exists in Magneto-optical drive. I can't see this becoming anything more than a dictionary definition. —Frecklefoot 19:46, Mar 30, 2004 (UTC)

• Redirect to Magneto-optical drive -- Cyrius | Talk 20:55, Mar 30, 2004 (UTC)
  • I agree - redirect to Magneto-optical drive -- Marknew 09:00, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

The redirection to Magneto-optical drive is mistaken. I added an explanation on that page about what Flopticals were, but it should actually be here.

This can become more than a stub; some history of floptical drives can be in order. I remember them in 1992; they are one of the big reasons 2.88 floppies never caught on. Samboy

Jim or Al Shugart. This is the floppy-disk guy, right? Maury 14:27, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Yes, but not who you think. :) It should actually be Jim Adkisson (who worked for Shugart). I have updated the article accordingly. Frodet 23:05, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks Frodet! Maury 17:14, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Whereas, the small section in the Magneto-optical drive page says it was founded by Jim Burke. Can they both be right? Are they right in different ways? I dunno, just reading it and saw the discrepancy, and all the relevant pages seem empty. Anyone care to clarify? --195.92.168.163 14:07, 24 June 2007 (UTC)