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alternative floppy for the MC500

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From: tp Terry Poot
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1986 21:57
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Does anyone know of a less expensive third party source for a floppy drive
that will work with the DSD controller on an MC-500. I am not at all 
interested in writing a driver, I am looking for a functional equivalent of
the one Masscomp sells.

Thanks

Terry Poot
Nathan D. Maier Consulting Engineers
(214)739-4741
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[mod -- Floppies generally use a standard interface. Theoretically, any
96tpi double-sided drive would work. The original vendor for masscomp
drives was Control Data. The half-height drives currently shipped are from
TEAC. You should be able to buy one from the vendors that take ads out in
most computer mags. -- sob]
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Subject: alternative floppy for the MC500
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