On 8/16/22 14:51, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> Dysan disks were always good.
> The early Verbatim disks were not. It was a long time before anybody
> else, such as Wabash, made anything as bad.
> To get over their own reputation, Verbatim redesigned, and came out with
> the "Datalife" series of
I think it was Dysan that first showed up with reinforcing ring kits to
be applied to disks to ameliorate the problem, but ultimately the
solution turned out to be making sure that the motor was on during the
seating process. That's why, for example, 5.25" DD media usually has
hub reinforcement,
On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 11:33 AM Jonathan Chapman via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > I think it was Dysan that first showed up with reinforcing ring kits
>
> Probably, "Grabettes."
>
> > Then why was is it that DD media bought well after HD media was
> available, in use, and the norm s
When I got my Micropolis I drive to use on TRS80, it came with a yellow?
loose leaf binder with a Micropolis Operating System.
Sadly, and shamefully, I never got around to trying that.
he drive was 48tpi, 35 track, in a nice blue box. It was slow, (helicaal
lead screw), but not any slower than
Likewise rx01 and 02 drives were always spinning
On August 16, 2022 6:13:49 PM GMT, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
wrote:
>On 8/16/22 10:32, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote:
>>> I think it was Dysan that first showed up with reinforcing ring kits
>>
>> Probably, "Grabettes."
>>
>>> Then why was is i
On 8/16/22 10:32, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote:
>> I think it was Dysan that first showed up with reinforcing ring kits
>
> Probably, "Grabettes."
>
>> Then why was is it that DD media bought well after HD media was available,
>> in use, and the norm still had the reinforced ring? Tradition
> I think it was Dysan that first showed up with reinforcing ring kits
Probably, "Grabettes."
> Then why was is it that DD media bought well after HD media was available, in
> use, and the norm still had the reinforced ring? Tradition?
You might be putting it in an old drive. It was also availa
> I think it was Dysan that first showed up with reinforcing ring kits to
> be applied to disks to ameliorate the problem, but ultimately the
> solution turned out to be making sure that the motor was on during the
> seating process. That's why, for example, 5.25" DD media usually has
> hub reinf
On 8/16/22 08:17, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote:
>> The last time I checked, bitsavers had information on the 1015, 1016 and
>> 1115 floppy drives (I have all three models). Did the VG use something
>> different?
>
> No, but I didn't find the model numbering w.r.t. first chassis vs. expansion
> The last time I checked, bitsavers had information on the 1015, 1016 and
> 1115 floppy drives (I have all three models). Did the VG use something
> different?
No, but I didn't find the model numbering w.r.t. first chassis vs. expansion
chassis very clear, especially between the older "blue box"
On 8/16/22 06:25, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote:
> I stumbled across that the other day, looking for information on their 100
> TPI drives commonly used with Vector Graphic stuff. I was very surprised to
> find it!
The last time I checked, bitsavers had information on the 1015, 1016 and
1115
I stumbled across that the other day, looking for information on their 100 TPI
drives commonly used with Vector Graphic stuff. I was very surprised to find it!
Thanks,
Jonathan
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On Tuesday, August 16th, 2022 at 03:42, P Gebhardt via cctalk
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>
> He
On 2022-08-16 3:42 a.m., P Gebhardt via cctalk wrote:
Hello list,
by coincidence, I came across this website:
https://www.micropolis.com/
It seems to have been set up by a former employee of Micropolis with
information about Micropolis products done until the late 90s.
If people are into Mi
You all need to make sure you archive a copy of this site.
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On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 12:43 AM, P Gebhardt via
cctalk wrote: Hello list,
by coincidence, I came across this website:
https://www.micropolis.com/
It seems to have been set up by a
Hello list,
by coincidence, I came across this website:
https://www.micropolis.com/
It seems to have been set up by a former employee of Micropolis with
information about Micropolis products done until the late 90s.
Cheers,
Pierre
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