2.4 Megabyte Floppies

[Mr Ian Primus]

--- Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:

> On 9/8/2006 at 8:32 AM jim stephens wrote:
> 
> >These are 5 1/4" form factor floppies, but hold
> twice the data.  I have 
> >already searched ebay and google, so I need other
> suggestions, or someone
> who can
> >part with some
> 
> Scarcer than hen's teeth, I'm afraid.  These went
> with the Drivetec drives
> that could be found in the Kaypro Robie.

I've seen them used in IBM terminal controllers as
microcode floppies. The drives for said terminal
controllers are easy to find - I have many. Disks are
scarcer. I don't know if the IBM 2.4 meg disk is the
same as the ones used by the Kaypro. I also don't know
much about how the format works.

-Ian