Talking about disks for the Mattel Aquarius...
Tony wrote...
>on one edge. On the 3.5" disk the shutter can be easily opened
>accidentally, and more importantly it can spring apart on the inside
>edge.
[snip/snip]
OK, the floppies I have are NOT as described in Tony's last letter. These
here disks are 77mm square, and do NOT have a shutter protecting the surface
of the disk. I am sure the shutter is not missing; I have 10 disks all
the same. From the circular midsection with a rectangular opening all the
way to the edge, the access area on this disk looks like a large keyhole.
Yet, the style is similar to a standard 3.5" floppy
A side-note; these disks are advertised at having 144K unformatted
capacity. Those interested can see the disks and drive at...
http://www.comcen.com.au/~adavie/weird/aquarius/aqdisk.jpg
http://www.comcen.com.au/~adavie/weird/aquarius/floppy.jpg
I understand the drive is top-opening, like a CD-player, but I've yet to
confirm this. I wonder if anybody knows of any other drives with this
mechanism (floppies only!!)
Cheers
A
Received on Wed Mar 18 1998 - 07:08:26 GMT
