5" floppy?.

[Jules Richardson]

Philip Pemberton wrote:
> Alexander Schreiber wrote:
>> There have been 3" floppies, IIRC used by some (Amstrad?) eletronic
>> typewriters.
> 
> And the "Sinclair" (post-Amstrad buyout) Spectrum +3.

Hmm - had a brain fart. I typed exactly that last night, but then forgot to 
hit send :-)

Tatung Einstein used CF2's too. I think there was another (relatively) 
uncommon machine which used CF2's as standard, too, but the name's eluding me 
right now.

 > Amstrad were
> supposed to be releasing a floppy controller and drive for the +2A, but 
> IIRC it never materialised.

Possibly a good thing. ISTR there was a popular third-party drive for the +2 
machines, but it was a standard 3.5" unit, not 3"...

cheers

Jules