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- From: icebbs@ramlink.net (Iceman of the Inner Circle)
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- Subject: Re: What's a 8250?
- Date: 1 Jan 1996 19:27:06 GMT
- Organization: Inner Circle BBS - 304.697.0101
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- In article <M.F.C.vdnHout.7.0011FAF8@kub.nl>, M.F.C.vdnHout@kub.nl says...
- >
- >Hi, I just wanted to know what the 'C= 8250 dual disk drive' is used for
- >(PET?).
- >
- >I saw one in a 2nd-hand-store. I do have 2 C-64's but I guess I can't use
- the
- >drive for those.
- >
- >
-
- The 8250 is another IEEE device that Commodore produced ages ago that
- requires an IEEE interface and cable to run on a C64. I used to have piles
- of these things, its what I started running my bbs on back in the 80's
- before moving to Lt Kernal HD, by passing ICT HD's and finally getting the
- best when they first came out. CMD HD's!
-
- BTW, the 8050 is rather small and clunky in size compared to what you can
- get these days in the form of FD drives from CMD. If I remember correctly
- the 8050 dual drives had like 1 meg or 880 k on each disk. It has been so
- long I have forgotten most about them.
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