On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Iggy Drougge wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Joe wrote:
>
> > Is anyone familar with the 3" floppy drives? Is that what these
> > "http://www.intellistar.net/~rigdonj/misc/3-inch.jpg" are? I pulled them
> > out of a Loral 1553 bus analyzer. As you can see from the photo, a standard
> > 3.5" floppy disk is too large for them. Do these use the same interface as
> > the 3.5" drives? How many tracks do these support? Does anyone have a
> > couple of 3" disks that they're willing to part with?
>
> 3-inch drives were popular on Spectrum and Amstrad micros. A variation was
> also used on Nintendo floppy systems. The drive on the picture does indeed
> look like a three-incher, and wasn't Hitachi one of the manufacturers?
>
Yes, I have a Hitachi single-sider.
- don
Received on Fri Dec 22 2000 - 15:37:50 GMT
