On 12/13/19 7:10 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 12/13/19 2:54 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >> On Fri, 13 Dec 2019, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >>> MDS was my guess also. The MDS boxes ran the standard CP/M distro from >>> DRI--no customization needed. (The same was true for MP/M--a second >>> console was provided via the current-loop interface). >>> >>> At any rate, it all fits. I wouldn't be surprised if all the floppies >>> were SS FM ones. >> >> The 2 sided ones could be a different system, or the user added a drive >> that could use them (or modified a drive - they look like they were used >> in hardware development), or he had a hole punch (a glimpse of one of >> those outisde of its sleeve would confirm) > > Some could also be "flippies". Those were made by several manufacturers. > > --Chuck >
I never saw any flippies commercially made but many companies made punches for flippy 5.25" disks. I always had to make my own for 8". bill
