11 Apr
2011
11 Apr
'11
3:03 p.m.
When the Chameleon 325 (perhaps the only machine to
ever use 3.25"
drives (that Dysan bet the companyt on)) was announced, it WAS vaporware
for a while, as exposed by Infoworld?.? (Being made in Bawlmer
(Baltimore), it was "vaporware", not "vapourware")
On Mon, 11 Apr 2011, Chris M wrote:
didn't at least one Amstrad machine use 3.25"
drives?
I've seen Amstrads with 3" drives.
I've seen Amstrads with 3.5" drives.
I have NEVER seen an Amstrad with 3.25" drives.
BUT, 3.25" drives were available with a very ordinary "SA400" interface,
so it was trivial to install them into anything using "industry standard"
drives. (Watch out for the polarity on the power connector adapter!)
Most of my 3.25" drives, disks, alignment disks, etc. came from Micropro,
after they changed their name to Wordsatr, Inc., embraced Windoze, and
started to circle the drain. They had, of course, heeded Dysan's advice
about "the next big format change", or at least taken advantage of Dysan
based subsidies.
There were many arguments about "Shirt pocket Diskette" standard. George
Morrow declared that the real answer lay in cutting a deal with the
garment industry to control the size of shirt pockets.
What's a Chameleon? You guys are making me think
of the Mimic or
something...
Don't know. Sorry.
The ChameleonS that I saw were pretty generic CP/M luggables.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com