5 Apr
1998
5 Apr
'98
4:42 p.m.
One other item I recently acquired that I thought I'd ask about.
Ever hear of the Exatron Stringy Floppy mass storage system? The
one I have was apparently used with a TRS-80 model 1. But it had
a brochure that said it was available for S-100 and 6800 systems.
It is a minature tape system...the tapes look like very small
casette tapes. The tapes/waffers apparently come in different
sizes with a 5 foot length holding about 4k. Anyone ever use one?
Seems pretty interesting.
Thanks...Win
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Win Heagy
wheagy(a)erols.com
5 Apr
5 Apr
4:49 p.m.
On Sun, 5 Apr 1998, Win Heagy wrote:
One other item I recently acquired that I thought
I'd ask about.
Ever hear of the Exatron Stringy Floppy mass storage system? The
one I have was apparently used with a TRS-80 model 1. But it had
a brochure that said it was available for S-100 and 6800 systems.
It is a minature tape system...the tapes look like very small
casette tapes. The tapes/waffers apparently come in different
sizes with a 5 foot length holding about 4k. Anyone ever use one?
Seems pretty interesting.
I have a couple of the tapes but don't have the drive. This was another
ill-conceived mass storage system. If I'm not mistaken they were
endless-loop? Doug Coward (dcoward(a)pressstart.com) knows more about
these than I do.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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9:35 p.m.
Yup, I used to own one of those. I've got a model 1 without EI
here... still looking for an EI. The tapes are closed loop
cartridges, which as I remember, hold about 50K or so. They are
almost as fast as the old single density Shugart 5 1/4" drive RS used
to sell. I bought it at about the age of 12 in 1980... _loved_ it
until I could afford an EI and floppies. Take care of those tapes as
I doubt you could find replacements....
--jmg
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 21:42:20 -0400
From: Win Heagy <wheagy(a)erols.com>
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Stringy Floppy?
One other item I recently acquired that I thought I'd ask about.
Ever hear of the Exatron Stringy Floppy mass storage system? The
one I have was apparently used with a TRS-80 model 1. But it had
a brochure that said it was available for S-100 and 6800 systems.
It is a minature tape system...the tapes look like very small
casette tapes. The tapes/waffers apparently come in different
sizes with a 5 foot length holding about 4k. Anyone ever use one?
Seems pretty interesting.
Thanks...Win
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