WTB: 8" floppy

From: Iggy Drougge <optimus_at_canit.se>
Date: Sun Jul 1 20:30:18 2001

Richard Erlacher skrev:

>The thing that might be interesting with NEC1165's would be to compare them
>to
>3-1/2" drives. Though I'm not certain about it, the power might be
>compatible. If not, it just might be a mite risky to package the two drive
>types together since the power connectors are the same. These NEC people
>made a number of moves of that sort in the early '80's. They built a number
>of PC clones that were "almost" clones ... and you know where that led them
>...

Are you referring to the PC98? At least that machine seemed more fun than the
bog-standard PC. BTW, is the PC98 dead nowadays?

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