On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Roger Merchberger wrote:
> On or about 09:55 PM 10/12/99 -0400, Allison J Parent was caught in a dark
> alley speaking these words:
> >there were plenty of "odd" disk drives and media out there like the
> >Amstrand 3" and the really old sony 3.5".
> Don't forget the even odder ones, like Tandy's 2.8", or Zenith's 2.0" 720K
> disks... I think those 2" disks were higher than 135TPI, I think they were
> close to 200, but the exact number escapes me...
Or the 3.25" (NOT hard-shelled) that Dysan bet the company on.
> Oh, if anyone has one of those Amstrad drives for sale... I remember
> drooling over those when I was young... I have the ad's in some of my old
> HotCoCo's (I have the premiere issue around somewhere...) maybe if I get a
> chance, I'll scan one in...
Actually, that was AMDEK that sold the 3" subsystem for Coco and for Apple
][. Amstrad sold some computers that used 3"
I am NOT enthusiastic about parting with any of my 3" or 3.25" drives.
But, ... maybe some trades for 3.9", 2.5", etc.
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Received on Wed Oct 13 1999 - 00:49:18 BST