13 Oct
1999
13 Oct
'99
7:37 p.m.
untested as I never have had a MASSBUS unit.
Just email daniel(a)internet.look.ca
-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Turnbull <pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, October 14, 1999 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: Floppy disks again
On Oct 13, 8:34, allisonp(a)world.std.com wrote:
I know when NS* offered
the DD controller one option was 96tpi twosided drives and it was called
quad density as it was 800k and the same controller single density on
a 35track single sided (the introductory format) was a whopping 90k!
I remember *them* well. And I remember the awe at getting Apple DOS 3.3
140K on the same drive (well, same SS 35 tracks, anyway).
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York