27 Feb
2003
27 Feb
'03
9:35 a.m.
From: Robert Borsuk <rborsuk(a)colourfull.com>
Date: 02/27/2003 10:39 AM
Woohoo,
Timex guys on the list. I can ask a Timex (sort of ) question now.
Hmmph. I've been on this list for years :>)
I have an A&J MicroDrive (Stringy Floppy - The
next big thing to rule
the world) that I don't have any information on. I would love to use
it with my T1000. It was almost complete in the box. Interface, drive,
cable, even some new stringy floppies still sealed. Does anyone have a
manual for this thing? I've poked around online but haven't seen too
much.
Okay, I have the manual and will be gled to scan it and send it to you.
HOWEVER -- there are some things you should know . . .
First, it will never work with a TS1000 -- only a TS2068.
Second, these things came in two versions -- "A" and "B" -- and the
different
versions use physically different tapes, so make sure you have the proper
tapes before wasting any time with it.
Third, these things are the most unreliable form a data storage I have ever
encountered (see the classiccmp thread a couple of years back titled "World's
Crappiest Mass Storage Device" or similar name). Typically, the tapes have
a useable lifespan of less than five hours. Then they break. (This is not
due to my having one faulty drive -- I've owned several and seen more and
they ALL suck!). If you do find a tape that lasts, inevitably the media
goes south (no longer readable) and your data goes with it.
The drives are "cute," and nice for a collector to have, but completely
unreliable.
Later --
Glen
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