> A testament to the drive quality however, is that I have two such
> systems using these drives and both still work flawlessly after 35
> years.
Chuck,
Out of curiosity what is the model number of the Micropolis drives? I would
like to find a picture of them on the net if possible and see this
On Thu, 25 Aug 2022, Ali via cctalk wrote:
Out of curiosity what is the model number of the Micropolis drives? I
would like to find a picture of them on the net if possible and see this
precision-ground lead screw mechanism. Thanks.
I'm not Chuck, and I don't have a picture handy.
The pictures
for almost everything, you would want either double sided 48tpi with 40
tracks ("360K"),
or double sided 96tpi "high density" (for 1.2M).
or double sided 96tpi 80 track (for most "quad density" systems),
They made such, but I never had any other than the 35 and 77 track single
sided ones.
shou
On Wed, 17 Aug 2022, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
I had to look up SA400. I'm too young.
The Smithsonian has one. They say it's a 3ΒΌ inch drive.
https://www.si.edu/object/microcomputer-peripheral-shugart-sa400-disk-drive:nmah_334325
*Sigh*
Tom Gardner has successfully gotten
https://americanhi
On 8/25/22 14:45, Ali wrote:
>> A testament to the drive quality however, is that I have two such
>> systems using these drives and both still work flawlessly after 35
>> years.
>
A quick glance at my spares shelf show a couple of 1016-II (SS 100 tpi,
black latch) I've used the 1015 drives also (b
