FAQ

From: Chris Skates <chris_at_thanatos.yawc.net>
Date: Fri Apr 18 10:06:03 1997

> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 12:07:38 +0100 (BST)
> Reply-to: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu
> From: Alexios Chouchoulas <alexios_at_vennea.demon.co.uk>
> To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: FAQ

> On Sat, 19 Apr 1997, Roger Merchberger wrote:
>
> > The *first* micro floppy was 3" in width. Yes, you heard me correctly.
> > Amdek designed and built a SSDD 3" floppy drive around 1983-84 (or so...
> > I'll have to look) that used it's own style of media (and it was flippy,
> > unlike the 3.5" of today) and they interfaced it to and marketed it for two
> > computers that I know of:
> >
> > The Radio Shack (Tandy) Color Computer, and
> > The Atari 800.
>
> Also used on the Oric computers (Oric-1, Oric Atmos and Oric Telestrat
> [aka Stratos]) and the Amstrad CPC, PCW and CPC Plus series.

And the Einstein luggable among other things, 3" disks were very tough
little bleeders, chuck 'em against a wall and they'd still be okay.

2" floppies were mentioned, I distantly remember those and I think there
was an early digital camera that used those too. How many photos they
could sqeeze into 720K is anyone's guess!
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