1 Dec
2014
1 Dec
'14
10:03 p.m.
On 12/1/2014 9:53 PM, David Griffith wrote:
I found a ten-pack of 8-inch floppy disks that have me confused.
They're from STAM@, a name I've never heard of before. It's clear
that they're hard-sectored, but the index and sector holes are along
the outer edge. There's also a notch cut into the corner. Both of
these appear to be done in an attempt to restrict users to a single
vendor of floppies.
Here are some pics:
http://661.org/images/weird-floppy-front.jpg
http://661.org/images/weird-floppy-back.jpg
Those look suspiciously like floppies for the Memorex 650/651 -- the
first commercially available read/write floppy drive (1972). I just
picked up a 651 myself (mostly because it looks cool, I can only hope to
someday have a machine to use it with...) If you're willing to spare
one of those disks (so I have a matching set) let me know... :).
- Josh
