Caldisk 8" drive (also ebay warning)

[jim stephens]

On 1/15/2017 11:16 PM, jim stephens wrote:
> I'm not sure I've heard of Caldisk, though it was in Anaheim 
> apparently.  Maybe a Calcomp brand or spinoff?
>
> Here is an ad also for the Matchdisk operation who pasted their info 
> all over the drive.
>
> https://books.google.com/books?id=iD4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT33&lpg=PT33&dq=caldisk+142m&source=bl&ots=2UXrLH8Spt&sig=Bdm79HHzQf6rEVvACtFF7bFgFa4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2qtbcjcbRAhXprlQKHeXMAxgQ6AEIMjAG#v=onepage&q=caldisk%20142m&f=false 
>
>
> 8" double sided drive, 479 bucks in the 1981 Infoworld ad.
>
> CalDisk-142M-17652-111-Pragmatix-I-8-Inch-Internal-Floppy-Disk-Drive-VINTAGE/ 
>
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/192031318942
>
> Also I'm wondering if the "Matchmakers match of the month" system 
> which they can't tell you about is in fact NoName systems generic CPM 
> system.
>
> I never heard of this operation in all the things going on in that 
> time frame (Matchmaker) but they seemed to be marketing to people who 
> were less skilled at fitting things like third party floppy drives to 
> systems, yet this offering is clearly for someone with advanced skills 
> at doing so.
>
> thanks
> Jim

The Toll free number on the front is still Imation, 800 328 9438. At 
least according to googleing it.  I've not called it, but that is a good 
long run for an 800# in any case.
thanks
Jim