On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 3:33 PM Jeffrey Birt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Very interesting it was used on the Z88 as well. I seem to recall that the > drive itself was a third part unit that several manufacturers used to add > disk drive capability to their products. I don’t recall where I heard that > off the top of my head though. > > > > Jeff Birt > It was designed and built by Brother - originally for their knitting / sewing machines I believe. The fact that Tandy adopted it actually seems a bit weird to me, but I guess they needed something and the serial interface was easy enough to adapt. The usage on the Z88 certainly is not a manufacturer-specified odd-on -- just something someone in the community came up with.
