23 Aug
2018
23 Aug
'18
2:52 p.m.
On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 2:20 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
The thing that really brought Drivetec down was that
you had to use
their factory-preformatted embedded-servo floppy media. It was
expensive (about $15 each in 1986).
Same with Iomega ZIP disks (introduced 1994, initially $20 medium), but
those were wildly successful.
I don't think requiring factory-formatted media was really the problem. It
seems more likely that the Drivetec disk only having the capacity of seven
floppy disks was the problem.