Exatron Stringy Floppy drives?

--- Ernest <ernestls(a)home.com> wrote: In addition to the TRS-80, which I think these were the most popular system for, I happen to have a PAL blaster that has a string-floppy drive built into the back, and a box of 3 or 4 tapes that my employer bought with it. We abandoned this PAL blaster later because, I think, it only understands an obsolete version of PALASM. The idea is that you would interactively, over a dumb terminal, enter the equations, then use the internal microprocessor to validate and compile the PAL, then press the "burn" button on the front to make devices. The stringy floppy was there to save your work. We hooked this thing up to a VAX and did our editing and backups there. The PAL blaster was a read-only device - no local editing allowed. We replaced it with that up600a I'm still seeking an update for. I have the last version of the software for it, minus one. I'm hoping that the last version supports additional (read "newer") devices. But your question was about the stringy floppy and my answer is that they were found on embedded devices as well as microcomputers of the early 1980s. -ethan ===== Visit "The Seventh Continent" http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/