[cctalk] Re: in need of 2.5" disks
On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 at 20:38, Angel M Alganza via cctalk wrote: > > On 2023-01-23 20:59, Adrian Godwin via cctalk wrote: > > There was the Amstrad floppy. I think it was 3". Hopefully didn't get > > out > > of the UK. > > Why would you say such a thing? Of course it got out of the UK and came > into Europe, where I could get them, use them, and enjoy them Exactly so! They were a good design. Exceptionally robust, and designed to be posted directly, without an envelope, as the shutter can't be opened by hand, only by the drive. Hitachi's mechanical design was IMHO superior to Sony's of the 3½" diskette. > I was never lucky enough to own a PCW, but I still haven't lost the hope > to get one some day. I need to check some boxes but I think I have 2 PCW9512s. I could be persuaded to part with one. But you'd save money driving to Prague to collect it, rather than shipping the 3 large boxes! -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven UK: (+44) 7939-087884 ~ Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053
[cctalk] Re: in need of 2.5" disks
On 2023-01-23 20:59, Adrian Godwin via cctalk wrote: There was the Amstrad floppy. I think it was 3". Hopefully didn't get out of the UK. Why would you say such a thing? Of course it got out of the UK and came into Europe, where I could get them, use them, and enjoy them on my Amstrad CPC 6128. I still keep them, plus a few more I've been getting over the years, together with my original 6128, ant two others I've got since then, plus a CPC 486 I also got later. I was never lucky enough to own a PCW, but I still haven't lost the hope to get one some day.
[cctalk] Re: in need of 2.5" disks
The 3" floppy was available in single (flippy) and double-sided. But, the two different driveswould not accept each other's disks! (You could not use the flippy disks in the double-sided drive) Besides the Amstrad, it was advertised and sold for AppleII and Coco, under the name Amdek in USA, as an external two drive box. I have heard that it was offered for other systems, but the ads that I saw were offering only for Coco and Apple -- Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com On Mon, 23 Jan 2023, Adrian Godwin via cctalk wrote: There was the Amstrad floppy. I think it was 3". Hopefully didn't get out of the UK.
[cctalk] Re: in need of 2.5" disks
There was the Amstrad floppy. I think it was 3". Hopefully didn't get out of the UK. On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 7:47 PM Chris via cctalk wrote: > Ok the MS used 2" disks. I suspect only Fuji made them. I am that mental. > > 245 tpi 720kb. That thing was a beast in it's day. Like a LOTR dwarf > champion or something.
[cctalk] Re: in need of 2.5" disks
Ok the MS used 2" disks. I suspect only Fuji made them. I am that mental. 245 tpi 720kb. That thing was a beast in it's day. Like a LOTR dwarf champion or something.
[cctalk] Re: in need of 2.5" disks
On Saturday, January 21, 2023, 09:04:39 PM EST, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: The Zenith MiniSport? I've got one, with about 7 minidisks. Sellam I have 2 already. Wanna sell me 1 disk? I'm toying with the possibility of making them. I actually used to have a single disk, but took it apart and threw it out like a fool. If yours had the external 3.5" drive, I could be interested on buying all of it.
[cctalk] Re: in need of 2.5" disks
On 1/21/23 23:23, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > On Sun, 22 Jan 2023, Ethan O'Toole wrote: >> Nintendo Famicom disk system uses some kind of odd sized not swure disk. > > Is that the same 2.8"? Mitsumi "Quick Disk" floppy used in the Smith > Corona Word Processor? > I believe so--at least the Famicom replacement drive belts work in the SCM Mitsumi drives. It's been something like 30 years since I fooled with the things (still have one in the closet) but I recall the interface was very simple--power, one line to start the spiral (controlled a solenoid clutch) and the read/write data lines. I think the Smith-Corona got something around 60K per disk,but I'd have to check my notes. Using the USART, it was very simple (this was before cheap MCUs). --Chuck
[cctalk] Re: in need of 2.5" disks
On Sun, 22 Jan 2023, Ethan O'Toole wrote: Nintendo Famicom disk system uses some kind of odd sized not swure disk. Is that the same 2.8"? Mitsumi "Quick Disk" floppy used in the Smith Corona Word Processor?
[cctalk] Re: in need of 2.5" disks
I saw it at Comdex, and then never again. Nintendo Famicom disk system uses some kind of odd sized not swure disk. -- : Ethan O'Toole
[cctalk] Re: in need of 2.5" disks
There were a few other, incompatible ones! I remember a cheap word processor with a 2.5" disk with a spiral track! On Sat, 21 Jan 2023, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: Smith Corona Data Disk--I did a decoder for one of those (Mitsumi?) for a forensics client. Used a 2650 USART in sync mode with a bit of glue. (9216 data separator) Worked just fine. Still have the ISA board. Thank you. I saw it at Comdex, and then never again. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com
[cctalk] Re: in need of 2.5" disks
On 1/21/23 20:40, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > There were a few other, incompatible ones! > I remember a cheap word processor with a 2.5" disk with a spiral track! Smith Corona Data Disk--I did a decoder for one of those (Mitsumi?) for a forensics client. Used a 2650 USART in sync mode with a bit of glue. (9216 data separator) Worked just fine. Still have the ISA board. --Chuck
[cctalk] Re: in need of 2.5" disks
There were a few other, incompatible ones! I remember a cheap word processor with a 2.5" disk with a spiral track! But, the Zenith (Mini-sport?) was the common one. There were also 2.9" and, of course, for PC there were 3", 3.25", 3.5", and IBM almost came out with a 3.9"! On Sun, 22 Jan 2023, Chris via cctalk wrote: You read it right. I think only Zenith and Fujifilm made them.
[cctalk] Re: in need of 2.5" disks
The Zenith MiniSport? I've got one, with about 7 minidisks. Sellam On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 5:26 PM Warner Losh via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 21, 2023, 6:17 PM Chris via cctalk > wrote: > > > You read it right. I think only Zenith and Fujifilm made them. > > > > Years ago I bought a portable with 2.5" floppies. It came with 1 disk that > was dodgy... I couldn't find disks then... and that was the 90s... good > luck. > > Warner > > > >
[cctalk] Re: in need of 2.5" disks
On Sat, Jan 21, 2023, 6:17 PM Chris via cctalk wrote: > You read it right. I think only Zenith and Fujifilm made them. > Years ago I bought a portable with 2.5" floppies. It came with 1 disk that was dodgy... I couldn't find disks then... and that was the 90s... good luck. Warner >
