26 Sep
2005
26 Sep
'05
5:59 p.m.
On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, John Allain wrote:
Subject: Re: Odd floppy drives (Helitron)
Sorry, I was unclear -- I meant I *saw* all this stuff in 1980 or
so, and yes, it was quite old then, but I'd guess (flat out guess)
that it was "new" in the 1960's.
He claims that he was the inventor of the basic
floppy mechanism ... This was around 1980, maybe 1979.
69 ~ 70?
I mean, by 1980 floppies were down to 5.25" and the 8"
had been out well over 5 years. Maybe the guy with the
knob drive was lying even harder than you suspected.