classiccmp-digest V1 #747 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

14 Oct 2001

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  > Philip Pemberton wrote:
 >
 > >     A while ago I got a Phonemark "Quick Data Drive", aparrently made
by
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  > > Entrepo. It uses small endless-loop tape
cartridges called "Wafers" (any
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  > > relation to the Rotronics Wafadrive?
hmm...). 
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  > Try comp.sys.sinclair.  Be advised that Entrepo
made two types -- A and B.
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  > Same tape, different housing.  I have A&J
drives (one each A and B type)
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   hung off my
TS2068.  Hmm... Live and learn.
 By TS2068 I assume you mean the Timex/Sinclair 2068. 
Correct.
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   The drives are
slow, and the tapes are extremely fragile, to the point  that
 > I rarely use the drives any more, in order not to destroy my few remaining
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   tapes. 
Urk! Time to get a few tapes in while they're still available :-)
 If the tape is that fragile, I might pull one apart and replace the tape
 with better quality tape. 
I hope your eyes are better than mine -- these friggin things are *tiny.*
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  Or I might design my own "stringy floppy"
drive - even more fun! 
The stringy floppy is flawed the same way an 8-track audio tape is -- it
only moves in one direction.  As a result, A&J didn't write any OS for
their drives, just a couple of simple commands.  You search for the file
you want, and you either find it (after several minutes) or you don't
(after several minutes).
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  Anyone got a spare QOS wafer? 
Nope.
Glen
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