27 Jan
2023
27 Jan
'23
2:25 p.m.
On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 at 20:38, Angel M Alganza via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 2023-01-23 20:59, Adrian Godwin via cctalk wrote:
Exactly so!
They were a good design. Exceptionally robust, and designed to be
posted directly, without an envelope, as the shutter can't be opened
by hand, only by the drive. Hitachi's mechanical design was IMHO
superior to Sony's of the 3½" diskette.
There was the Amstrad floppy. I think it was
3". Hopefully didn't get
out
of the UK.
Why would you say such a thing? Of course it got out of the UK and came
into Europe, where I could get them, use them, and enjoy them I was never lucky enough to own a PCW, but I still
haven't lost the hope
to get one some day.
I need to check some boxes but I think I have 2 PCW9512s. I could be
persuaded to part with one. But you'd save money driving to Prague to
collect it, rather than shipping the 3 large boxes!
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