Here is link talking about that Commodore 1MB Floppy Drive. http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/secret/periph.html
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]>wrote: > > I do remember installing a 1 MB Floppy Drive on a Commodore 64 > > > > 1MB Floppy? Interesting… they had the 1581 800K 3.5” floppies made by > Commodore…, and outfits like CMD sold interfaces for hard drives… with 5 & > 10MB units being the most common. > > > > I never heard of a 1MB floppy… or a HDD of that size either. > > > > -sc > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Dan Rod > *Sent:* Friday, April 18, 2014 3:29 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Windows IT Pro > > > > When I was in high school, we had a Xerox electronic typesetter. It took 8 > inch, single sided floppies. > > Also, my father was a printer/lithographer, and he had an Itek Typesetter > that also took 8 inch, single sided floppies. They wanted $4,000 to come > and install an additional floppy and upgrade the memory. Plus, the fonts > were on a special glass, like an 1/4 portion of a circle. He could only > typeset with four different fonts at any given time... AND those fonts were > expensive! > > I do remember installing a 1 MB Floppy Drive on a Commodore 64. It used > the IEE Interface and had a special interface board that went in the User > Slot. You connected the cable to that board and then the drive. It looked > like an oversized 1541 Disk Drive. That was pretty neat. > > I also remember when the old Seagate ST-225 came out. Used to have one, > just as a conversation piece. Don't know what I did with it, though. > > Yup. 20 whole megabytes. And we were happy, dammit! We had something we > could store our Wordstar documents on!!! We just couldn't move our desktop > computers around, like you can a laptop, for fear that we might crash the > drive. But it was 20Meg Hard Drive! > > Daniel > > > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Melvin Backus <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Young Whipper Snapper! J > > > > -- > There are 10 kinds of people in the world... > those who understand binary and those who don't. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Steven M. Caesare > *Sent:* Friday, April 18, 2014 2:28 PM > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Windows IT Pro > > > > Hey man… I was 20 when PC’s were released with DOS! > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *William Robbins > *Sent:* Friday, April 18, 2014 2:24 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Windows IT Pro > > > > File age yes...-sc age, no. ;) > > > > - WJR > 🙈🙉🙊 > > > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> > wrote: > > That’s about the right era for those files, right? > > > > The 35 yr old geek in me is more concerned with getting the volume correct > on the Apple ][+ cassette tape drive… > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *William Robbins > *Sent:* Friday, April 18, 2014 10:43 AM > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Windows IT Pro > > > > 20? Bah! > > > > - WJR > 🙈🙉🙊 > > > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The 20 yr old geek in me can’t help it. ;) > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *William Robbins > *Sent:* Friday, April 18, 2014 10:33 AM > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Windows IT Pro > > > > It plainly states this is an "example." > > > > - WJR > 🙈🙉🙊 > > > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> > wrote: > > No other device drivers? > > > > At least you could have loaded the CD driver in to high mem… > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *William Robbins > *Sent:* Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:41 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Windows IT Pro > > > CONFIG.SYS > > rem MSDOS multiboot menu example > rem config.sys > > [Menu] > Menuitem=novell, Boot to NetWare > Menuitem=dos, Boot to DOS with CDROM driver > Menudefault=novell, 15 > > [common] > Files=60 > Buffers=60 > > [novell] > > [dos] > Device=C:\CDROMDRV.SYS /D:CD001 > AUTOEXEC.BAT > > rem AUTOEXEC.BAT > > Prompt $P$G > Goto %config% > > :novell > cd\nwserver > server -nl > goto END > > :dos > mscdex /d:CD001 > goto END > > :END > > > > - WJR > 🙈🙉🙊 > > > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:31 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Oh- CompuServe, DOS, Window 3, and Windows 95... However did we manage it > all? :-D > > > > On Thursday, April 17, 2014, Free, Bob <[email protected]> wrote: > > For you WJR- > http://windowsitpro.com/windows-server/welcome-windows-nt-magazine > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *William Robbins > *Sent:* Thursday, April 17, 2014 2:25 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [spam] [dkim-failure] Re: [NTSysADM] Windows IT Pro > > > > I suppose my next question is what about access to past content? Kind of > irksome, and sad. I've had a subscription since ~1996. > > > > - WJR > 🙈🙉🙊 > > > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Cain, Steven <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I got the same email myself about 45 minutes ago, no explanation given. > I guess they weren’t getting enough digital subscriptions to continue. > > > > > > *Steve Cain* > > Sr. System Administrator > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *William Robbins > *Sent:* Thursday, April 17, 2014 4:55 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Windows IT Pro > > > > So I just got a rather disturbing email that WinIT Pro is no longer > publishing digital (and already ceased dead tree) content. > > Anyone happen to know what happened/why? > > > - WJR > 🙈🙉🙊 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > PG&E is committed to protecting our customers' privacy. > To learn more, please visit > http://www.pge.com/about/company/privacy/customer/ > ------------------------------ > > > > -- > -- > Espi (via mobile) > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Daniel Rodriguez > [email protected] > -- Daniel Rodriguez [email protected]
