That technology was also poorly adapted into the Colecovision Adam
systems and was its downfall, add to the fact that if any magnetic media
was within 6-8" of the printer which contained the system power supply,
once energized it acted nicely as a Bulk Eraser !!!
Curt
Fred Cisin wrote:
It all gets
down to what one
defines as a "flop."
The Exatron Stringy Floppy was a big flop, and certainly the floppiest of
all drives.