update to "here's the list..." - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

21 Feb 1999

It's unlikely I'll do that, since of the many hundreds of boxes of 8"
diskettes I owned at one time, there were only two of the hard-sectored
ones.  I recently had a local NRC contractor phone me up after a long chain
of referrals, to inquire whether I could replace a drive for them and I had
to ask them to provide me with a  disketted with which to test the drives.

I believe I had one partial box of Memorex diskettes which came with an old
NBI word processor which used Memorex drives and an i8008, which , by the
way, is now a "high-tech tie-tack" I occasionally wear.  There was also an
odd box (possibly new, possibly full) of 10-sector hard-sectored diskettes.
 I don't know what their use was, but I had some GSI/Siemens drives which
could operate with either type and soft-sectored ones as well.

In the unlikely event these turn up, I'll let you know.

regards,

Dick

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  From: Merle K. Peirce &lt;at258(a)osfn.org&gt;
 To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
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  Subject: Re: update to "here's the
list..."
 Date: Sunday, February 21, 1999 7:34 AM

 All Alaimo at Computers and More in Marlborough, MA had some new disks 
 awhile back.  I'm sure he'd love to sell you all he has.  They were 
 pretty reasonable.

 On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, Joe wrote:

 > At 07:48 PM 2/20/99 -0700, you wrote:
 > 
 > 
 > >sadly, had to be tossed with the other 50K or so 8" diskettes I have
 > >ditched over the past year. 
 > 
 > Dick,
 > 
 >   If you come across ANY hard sectored floppy disks I could use them.. I
...
  > have several systems that used the hard sectored
ones but they're hard to
...
  > come by. If you don't want to take time to
sort them, I'll take the whole
...
  > lot and sort them and pass the soft sectored ones
on to someone else.
 > 
 >  
 > >
 > >PICEON 64K DRAM board
 > 
 >    OH!  I can use this! I have one on my Alpha Micro and I could use another.
...
  > 
 > >> 
 > >> Processor Technology "CUTS" cassette interface? board
 > 
 >    I won't mind having this.
 > >> 
 > >> BIOTECH ELECTRONICS BCT800 graphics board - uses AMI 68047 chip and
12
...
  > >2114's to produce 256x192 graphics and
text.
 > 
 >    I'd like to have this.
 > >> 
 > >> Cromemco Dazzler video graphics board pair - There are two, but only
one
...
  > >set of doc's and software including paper
tape.
 > >> 
 > 
 >    I hope you have my name on one of these.  I'll make copies of the
manual
...
   and disks to
go with the other board.

 M. K. Peirce
 Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
 215 Shady Lea Road,
 North Kingstown, RI 02852

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