Re: Strange CBM710 with 3.5" drive

From: Chris Osborn <*fozztexx_at_fozztexx.com*> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:43:46 -0700 Message-Id: <1EF85570-B906-454B-B1BB-3D5F4E5ACF04@fozztexx.com> · fozztexx_at_fozztexx.com

On Jun 14, 2013, at 2:37 AM, Michał Pleban wrote:

> It is labeled "SMD-150". From what I was able to found on the net, it's
> a floppy drive made by Epson, single sided, single density, 180kB
> capacity. I didn't even know that single sided 3.5" drives existed? 

My HP150 from 1983 has single sided 3.5" disk drives, made by Sony, which hold 270k. The disks even have a clip to hold the shutter open with a "pinch" label to release the shutter. When they are inserted into the drive, the drive doesn't push the shutter over that far that it has to be manually released, so I don't know why they did that.

Here's the floppy disk: http://i.imgur.com/mK6SV88.jpg

Here's the HP150: http://i.imgur.com/UZZfk.jpg

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