what is a 'stringy floppy'?

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Thu Nov 19 19:02:13 1998

David wrote:
> he also said he used something called a stringy floppy with it which used a
> loop of string/wire to save data with not quite the speed of floppies but
> certainly faster than cassette. has anyone seen these or can explain how
> they work? he said there were carts that were put into the drive so it seems
> to be a removeable media device?

It's a tiny endless loop tape cartridge. IMS, they were made by Exatron.

I have a Structured Design SD20 PAL programmer that take these, so if you're
willing to sell a spare tape cartridge, I'd be much obliged.

The SD20 has PALASM software (and a simple text editor) built in, so you can
simply hook up a dumb terminal and do PAL development with no "computer".
It lets you save your source code on tape.

Cheers,
Eric
Received on Thu Nov 19 1998 - 19:02:13 GMT