18 Mar
1998
18 Mar
'98
2:08 a.m.
Talking about disks for the Mattel Aquarius...
Tony wrote...
on one edge. On the 3.5" disk the shutter can be
easily opened
accidentally, and more importantly it can spring apart on the inside
edge.
[snip/snip]
OK, the floppies I have are NOT as described in Tony's last letter. These
here disks are 77mm square, and do NOT have a shutter protecting the surface
of the disk. I am sure the shutter is not missing; I have 10 disks all
the same. From the circular midsection with a rectangular opening all the
way to the edge, the access area on this disk looks like a large keyhole.
Yet, the style is similar to a standard 3.5" floppy
A side-note; these disks are advertised at having 144K unformatted
capacity. Those interested can see the disks and drive at...
http://www.comcen.com.au/~adavie/weird/aquarius/aqdisk.jpg
http://www.comcen.com.au/~adavie/weird/aquarius/floppy.jpg
I understand the drive is top-opening, like a CD-player, but I've yet to
confirm this. I wonder if anybody knows of any other drives with this
mechanism (floppies only!!)
Cheers
A
18 Mar
18 Mar
8:37 p.m.
New subject: Hitachi 2.8" (was Preserving old floppies, fixed disks...)
;-) Clearing the snow from my glasses, I saw Andrew Davie typed:
OK, the floppies I have are NOT as described in
Tony's last letter. These
here disks are 77mm square, and do NOT have a shutter protecting the surface
of the disk. I am sure the shutter is not missing; I have 10 disks all
the same. From the circular midsection with a rectangular opening all the
way to the edge, the access area on this disk looks like a large keyhole.
Yet, the style is similar to a standard 3.5" floppy
A side-note; these disks are advertised at having 144K unformatted
capacity. Those interested can see the disks and drive at...
http://www.comcen.com.au/~adavie/weird/aquarius/aqdisk.jpg
http://www.comcen.com.au/~adavie/weird/aquarius/floppy.jpg
Methinks I *may* be able to help... there was a Tandy portable word
processor that used (and I quote):
2.8" disks, Single Sided, (i think) Single Density, *formatted* capacity:
100K.
Dunno what Tandy box used 'em, tho.
Checked out your pix on the web, and I believe these are the same disks...
The local Radio Shack still has one package of quantity 1 or 2 (can't
remember which) for the crazy price of: ~$3.00 USD, never opened.
If you're salivating here now, I can pick these up for you and ship them to
you at cost....
(yea, this sounds personalized... but I actually did intend this to go to
the list... don't ask me why, tho; it's late.)
Hope this helps,
"Merch"
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