http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/drive.html
is more detailed than the
On 8/10/17 1:32 PM, Tom Gardner via cctalk wrote:
> Me too - great rant.
Me too - great rant.
Thanks
Tom
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> On Aug 9, 2017, at 12
> On Aug 9, 2017, at 12:08, Fred Cisin via cctalk
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>I'm keeping your rant as reference >material. Thanks!
I second that! Fred ranting is a good thing ;). Generally there are a number of
good posts here that go into my archive folder for future reference. I just
wish I ha
> On Aug 9, 2017, at 12:08, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
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I'm keeping your rant as reference material. Thanks!
The Tandy Portable Disk Drive (TPDD) for the Model 100 series is one of the
odd-ball "rare" configurations: 3.5", 40 track (later, 80 track on the TPDD2),
single sided
The structure used on most diskette tracks is based on an IBM design
(3740, etc.), and was referred to as "IBM format". BUT, the general
public think that "IBM" means the machines that followed the 5150, so "IBM
format" is oft misconstrued to mean PC. To avoid ambiguity, I sometimes
call it
