Exatron Stringy Floppy drives?

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Wed Jun 20 02:06:45 2001

On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Ethan Dicks wrote:

> In addition to the TRS-80, which I think these were the most popular
> system for, I happen to have a PAL blaster that has a string-floppy
> drive built into the back, and a box of 3 or 4 tapes that my employer
> bought with it.

I have a very interesting computer based on the 6502 from about 1979 that
has a stringy-floppy drive built into the back. It seems like it might
have been used as some sort of process control computer, but I'm not sure.
I haven't fired it up yet.

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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