Space, the next frontier - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

24 May 1999

I believe _Some_ of the Tandy 1000's were like this.  My TX originally had
some *unknown* brand HardCard with a MicroScience 3.5" MFM drive.  The drive
always worked good (made a neat "chunking" noise instead of chirping), until
the spindle motor died (or something died).  It wasn't frozen - it just
wouldn't go.  It also had a "ready" and "access" light (red and
green).  I
ended up replacing it with a WD HardCard, which is about 50% slower than the
MicroScience.

Anyone have one of those old MicroScience drives that they want to get rid
of?  My Tandy 1000 (no suffix) is yearning for its HardCard back :)

The model number of the drive was HH325.

ThAnX,
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-----Original Message-----
From: Max Eskin &lt;max82(a)surfree.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Monday, May 24, 1999 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: Space, the next frontier

...
 On Mon, 24 May 1999, Allison J Parent wrote:
 And you have to know that little detail beforhand.
 Then there is the
matter of formatting as some can't (require the disk to be formatted else
where) and some require special software if they can. 
Now, I've heard of this before, but I can't understand why anyone would
want to do this. And, where is 'else where'?

--Max Eskin (max82(a)surfree.com)
  http://scivault.hypermart.net: Ignorance is Impotence - Knowledge is Power
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