WTB: TRS-80 8" floppies

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Sat Aug 10 01:31:01 2002

On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Geoff Reed wrote:
> >
> > > TRS-80 model II used a special 8" disk that had the index hole in a
> > > nonstandard location.
> >
> > Are you sure about that? it was a standard SHugart drive in those
> > beasts. and the II disks were useable in the 12 16 and 6000.
>
> SS 8" disks have the index hole in a different location than where the
> index hole is on DS 8" disks.
>
> Not quite what I would call "nonstandard".

Well, not quite nonstandard I suppose... The DS disks were always much
easier to find in recent years though.

-Toth
Received on Sat Aug 10 2002 - 01:31:01 BST