Den Sat, 5 Jan 2019 23:19:15 +0000 skrev smf <smf@null.net>: > On 05/01/2019 21:16, Mike Stein wrote: > > unlike in the Commodore world where pretty well all drives were > > customized, incompatible with each other, and in many cases almost > > completely unobtainable now (like the 100TPI drives that this > > discussion was about). > > Everyone phoned up shugart and ordered their floppy drives off the > menu, all drives were customized. The whole idea behind the original IBM PC was to only use off-the-shelf parts, so when they phoned Tandon (not Shugart, unless there were talks that didn't result in any deal) they just ordered their standard 40-track 5.25" Shugart compatible drive. > There were plenty other systems with differently configured drives, > but they aren't as memorable as commodore/ibm/apple. There were a few systems that used a 26 pin connector, getting rid of some unused pins. IBM used a strange pinout with power on some pins (much like the more modern 2.5" IDE hard disks) on their PS/2 systems. Otherwise I can't think of any company except Apple and Commodore that didn't use standard Shugart compatible drives (or the likewise common 8" interface if we are talking about really old drives). -- (\_/) Copy the bunny to your mails to help (O.o) him achieve world domination. (> <) Come join the dark side. /_|_\ We have cookies.Received on 2019-01-06 16:00:30
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