FAQ

From: hellige <jeffh_at_eleventh.com>
Date: Fri Apr 18 02:36:49 1997

On 20-Apr-97, classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu wrote:

>Interestingly enough, the article also mentions advances
>in "vertical recording techniques." One of the companies
>listed was supposed to be introducing a 5 1/4" disk that
>could hold approximately 6.5 megs of data. Anything
>ever come of this?

   Supra sold a 5-1/4" floppy drive for the Atari ST that would hold 10meg on
a disk, though the drive used a laser to track the head position, and the
disks were special and had special markings on them to allow the laser to
track where it was on the disk. I had one of these drives at one point, but
could never locate any disks for it.

   Jeff Jeffh_at_eleventh.com

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