8 inch wang compatible disks...

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Thu Feb 25 15:16:55 1999

On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Noel Fields wrote:

> Ok :) But is hard sector disks, the normal for 8 inch disks? Or is this a "wang"
> thang (pun intended!) :)
 
No, I would say that they are not the normal thing for 8", Noel. Early on
they were fairly common, but most (excluding Wang) makers converted to
soft sector disks. Tektronix, used the hard sector ones with their 4907
drives for the 405n series, and there were others.

                                                 - don
 
Received on Thu Feb 25 1999 - 15:16:55 GMT