Hi,
I tried twice … but the photo I’ve been trying to post seems too many bytes even at a 1Kpixel x 1Kpixel size … The speed is 33-1/3 RPM for the FloppyROMs … If the photo ever makes it, you can see it on the record, but making the photo small enough to post, all the text which is dark grey on black just goes away. ============================================================================================== C U L8r, °|° Walt Perko °|° "Kids ... teach them the good stuff, and they still learn the bad stuff on their own." http://www.R2Pv1.com/ RoboGuts™ Intelligent content for 3D printing making S.T.E.A.M. education better, easier and more affordable Experiments to learn how to use various Electronic Components, Structured Computer Programming, Phonemes for Speech &Song in any language, and Art. "The World Needs a New Economic Model" ============================================================================================== Sent from the Cyber7 From: M100 On Behalf Of B 9 Sent: Monday, July 8, 2024 11:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [M100] [m100] Odd Topic - barcode storage On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 9:13 PM Mike Stein <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I don't know about outer space but that was a fairly popular medium for distributing audio files including computer programs; they were real grooved audio disks similar but smaller than a 45 RPM record but on a thin flexible medium similar to the cookie in a 5 1/4" diskette. [...] I think that's the 'floppy ROM' that Walt is talking about. What! That's extraordinary. I had presumed "floppy ROM" was just an old Altair term for a ROM one could use to replace a floppy drive (a ROM cartridge). How well did "Floppy ROMs" work? Did they run at 16⅔ RPM, like Voyager's Golden Disk to maximize length? I wonder how common it was to press records (vinyl or otherwise) with executable code. —b9 P.S. Wasn't there an expansion for the Tandy 200 that added a ROM cartridge port (as well as allowing switching between ROMs)?
