E-Over Pay strikes again! original Altair disk sells for

From: Doug <doug_at_blinkenlights.com>
Date: Thu Feb 11 22:29:46 1999

On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Doug Duchene wrote:

> True enough I'm sure. MITS also produced a "mini"-floppy controller that
> was also a two board TTL set. The first board (computer interface) was the
> same board as in the 8" set (except for different RC values), the second
> board was completely different. I have the MITS docs for the "mini"-floppy
> system and it is documented as a hard sectored using 16 sectors per track.
> I also have an Altair Mini-Floppy BASIC disk and it is also hard sectored
> with 16 sector holes.

But wasn't the mini-floppy actually produced by iCom, and then labeled as
a MITS product after Pertec acquired both MITS and iCom? What's the
copyright date on your docs?

Do these people buying Altair stuff on ebay for big bucks really think
that the Pertec-era stuff is interesting?

-- Doug
Received on Thu Feb 11 1999 - 22:29:46 GMT