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- From: pmora@ibm.net
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- Subject: Re: sfd-1001 questions
- Date: 4 Jan 1996 03:30:25 GMT
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- In <4cdgck$9tn@sirius.cs.pdx.edu>, crimson@cs.pdx.edu (bill m howland) writes:
- > I recently got ahold of one of these, and without a manual, I don't know
- >much about the thing. Can anyone present tell me a bit about the drive, as
- >far as what makes it unusual? The disk format, and non-1541 commands, etc..
- > What crazy method did they use to get so much capacity?
-
- I got one of these drives many years ago; at the "height" of the C-64. I read about
- their capacity, and speed (about 5 times faster than the 1541) and just DROOLED!
- It originally came with this funky 100tpi HD diskette, but I couldn't get any HD
- diskettes to format in it. I just use normal ones.
-
- I connected it via a BUSCARD (by Batteries Included), and it worked like stink!
- It even worked with my Super Snapshot cartridge (with the fastload turned off).
- I liked it best using it with PaperClip or DarkTerm.
-
- I also didn't get any manual. It's only major drawback was that it didn't work with
- Geos... :(
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- pm
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- Paul Mora
- email: pmora@ibm.net
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