WTB: 8" floppy

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Sun Jul 1 20:35:23 2001

I wasn't specifically referring to a model, but to the general run of NEC
PC-clones of the early-mid '80's. It seems to me that their story, overall, was
that they were intentionally not compatible with the PC, thereby forcing the
end-user to buy the software that NEC had to offer. That's what killed them.

Later models were, presumably, closer to the "compatibility" mark, hence more
generally useable.

I never owned/used one of these jewels, but there was considerable chatter about
them back then.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Iggy Drougge" <optimus_at_canit.se>
To: "Richard Erlacher" <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: WTB: 8" floppy


> 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?
>
> --
> En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.
>
> "It's better to have loved and lost, than to be gang raped in a Turkish
> prison."
>
>
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