At 10:43 AM 22/08/2001 -0600, you wrote:
In reality that's what the 6106's are, and I
should have been more precise
about
the way I described them. The ones that I have were shipped with a front face
that fit a full-height slot. The BASF 6106 doc's I've had since '82 or so
are
out on my carport where I put them one time when my basement was suffering
from
excess water. Some years have elapsed since then, however, since the water
comes back more frequently than the urge to put things away.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: TRS80 help needed
> BASF also made a 2/3 height floppy (could get 3 into a double bay). It
> was the first 5.25" drive smaller than "full height" that I saw. It
also
> was the first one that I saw that had a D.O.A. failure rate of more than
> 50%. The door on it was not very obvious - you push on the door and then
> let it pop open. I recommend pushing on that door with a very large
> mallet.
>
> --
> Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
>
>
Fred and Richard, you are right. I pushed and it opened. The red LED had
me confused.
Thanks both, and also Don and Tony.
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